p.126 #1 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
Here are some SJIF shots, no need for a D850 on these as they are still only about 30% of the DX frame....needed to frame a bit wide to quickly acquire the bird....THAT would have been an asset with the D850....could have stayed at 500mm and still had lots of room in the VF to find the bird and fire. They were very unpredictable to when they would fly across my path.
p.126 #2 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
Good job!
I have not quite gotten fully into this yet, but just started experimenting with it a couple of weeks ago.
I know you made a perfect description of what it takes. You really do need to widen the field and still be right on the edge of your trigger finger to catch all of the bird in the viewfinder.
I had arrived at 1/2800 and thought it was the minimum needed to stop all motion. But I found it was not quite fast enough. Then you mentioned 1/3200 in a previous post. That nails it!
The only birds I have that size out my windows now, are the Blue Jays. And the bunch I have this year do not trust me for some reason. Last year's group did.
So my main birds are the little American Goldfinches and Chickadees; i.e. even faster. We will see. Not ready just yet. Lot's of irons on the fire. But yeah....it is doable and you just did it.
Regarding your comment on the D850.... I have been wanting that cropping advantage for a long time. And this is one of the reasons.
Really, these images are outstanding. Numbers 1 and 3 are super and #3 is perfect.
p.126 #7 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
bs kite wrote:
Good job!
I have not quite gotten fully into this yet, but just started experimenting with it a couple of weeks ago.
I know you made a perfect description of what it takes. You really do need to widen the field and still be right on the edge of your trigger finger to catch all of the bird in the viewfinder.
I had arrived at 1/2800 and thought it was the minimum needed to stop all motion. But I found it was not quite fast enough. Then you mentioned 1/3200 in a previous post. That nails it!
The only birds I have that size out my windows now, are the Blue Jays. And the bunch I have this year do not trust me for some reason. Last year's group did.
So my main birds are the little American Goldfinches and Chickadees; i.e. even faster. We will see. Not ready just yet. Lot's of irons on the fire. But yeah....it is doable and you just did it.
Regarding your comment on the D850.... I have been wanting that cropping advantage for a long time. And this is one of the reasons.
Really, these images are outstanding. Numbers 1 and 3 are super and #3 is perfect.
Thanks. I find that this size of bird is about as small as I can nail in flight without getting some kind of fluke take off shot. (not including hummers which are really only hover shots). If you can nail some goldfinches or chickadees in flight than you will be considered a master of BIF
p.126 #10 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
Remember Aesop's Fables when you were a kid? Thinkin' of the Ant
and the Grasshopper. Be the grasshopper Hope some will grasp
the gravity of the situation.
p.126 #12 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
Well - because of all of the great shots shown on this thread, I finally bought a 200-500. (Thanks to all of you for fueling my GAAS )
Have only had one day to try it out & as all of you know - it's an incredible lens.
The birds were not flying that day but I did manage to get a couple of BIFs
p.126 #15 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
DABNIK wrote:
Well - because of all of the great shots shown on this thread, I finally bought a 200-500. (Thanks to all of you for fueling my GAAS )
Have only had one day to try it out & as all of you know - it's an incredible lens.
The birds were not flying that day but I did manage to get a couple of BIFs
p.126 #18 · Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR
500mm f5.6, ISO400. Some minor ca but fine details and very nice bokeh for a "budget" zoom lens. I still have my problems with Nikon`s rendering of green tones, though... (D500)
Hope some will grasp
)
