Totally understand I remember flying home once from the east coast with a plane load of loud kids behind me talking about how the mountains out here weren't such a big deal (based on what we had flown over already). Then silence as Rainier appeared.
This is Bellevue, an affluent hamlet across Lake Washington from Seattle. Bill Gates' house is along the water a bit to the left on the Bellevue side of the lake.
Zeiss 100-300 at about 300mm. These shots are from the Sky View Observatory (73rd floor), atop the Columbia Center.
Can you expand on your setup for the G28 bird shot?
I'm assuming you have the camera setup on a tripod, near a bird feeder, with a remote release, but what aperture are you using to ensure the bird is in focus?
Can you expand on your setup for the G28 bird shot?
I'm assuming you have the camera setup on a tripod, near a bird feeder, with a remote release, but what aperture are you using to ensure the bird is in focus?
those are all wide open, i've done some others with the 35/1.4 and 58/1.2 wide open as well.
i aim at the point i want the bird to be in and focus there and just wait for the bird to be where i want them. it helps that i set up a stick next to a suet feeder that most birds land on while they wait in line for the feeder.
here's a few from the rokkor 500/8 mirror lens now (first is a stitch):
Pano on the a7r with the Contax G 90mm wide open. Was a little blurry as it was handheld and I was rushing to get the shots close enough before the light disappeared
A nice afternoon in Point Reyes National Seashore... I watched this bird for about 10 minutes. He was hovering into the ocean breeze, and very annoyed that whatever he was stalking wouldn't come out of its hole. He finally landed right on top of it...
. We are not anywhere near anything like that.
