p.204 #2 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
This male peregrine falcon just made a kill and is on his way to bring it to the waiting female further up the cliff. Yes, they did mate afterwards but they were facing the wrong direction... . I saw the male late in his flight and didn’t utilize the zoom fully. Oh, well, one of those days . FYI, the background way down there is the Pacific Ocean.
p.204 #13 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
AGeoJO wrote:
This male peregrine falcon just made a kill and is on his way to bring it to the waiting female further up the cliff. Yes, they did mate afterwards but they were facing the wrong direction... . I saw the male late in his flight and didn’t utilize the zoom fully. Oh, well, one of those days . FYI, the background way down there is the Pacific Ocean.
I'm new (hopefully, soon) to BIF photography, so I'm asking for my own education.
When you say that you didn't utilize the zoom fully, is that an indication that the image you posted is already cropped as much as you feel like is acceptable?
FWIW, I think it's great, as is. It's nice to have some context, as it were, for the bird.
p.204 #14 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
stuartv wrote:
I'm new (hopefully, soon) to BIF photography, so I'm asking for my own education.
When you say that you didn't utilize the zoom fully, is that an indication that the image you posted is already cropped as much as you feel like is acceptable?
FWIW, I think it's great, as is. It's nice to have some context, as it were, for the bird.
Hi Stuart, if you look at the exif data under the image, the focal length for that image was 341mm. For bird in flight, I normally zoom out to get the target in focus fast and I am supposed to zoom in after the focus is locked on the target and for tracking. From time to time, I do not do so or not do so fast enough or not enough to get the target at a larger magnification. The long end of that zoom lens is 600mm. So, for sure, I didn’t fully utilize the zooming capability of that lens. Because the original file had the target/peregrine falcon fairly small relative to the total image, I had to crop it to increase the size of the falcon. Had I zoomed in to 600mm, I may not have to cropped at all to get a similar image for better details and better rendition.
Considering the fact that my camera has a 24MP sensor, that’s about the cropping factor (100%) I would do to keep the image quality reasonably high and still well-defined. So, it is better to get the desired magnification as large as possible while in the field rather than at your desk during the post processing/editing. Of course, if you zoom in too close if the bird is at a fairly close distance, you may end up clipping some wings. So, you need to strike a good balance between the two aspects.
Hope this helps and please feel free to ask any questions,
Joshua
p.204 #15 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
AGeoJO wrote:
Hi Stuart, if you look at the exif data under the image, the focal length for that image was 341mm. For bird in flight, I normally zoom out to get the target in focus fast and I am supposed to zoom in after the focus is locked on the target and for tracking. From time to time, I do not do so or not do so fast enough or not enough to get the target at a larger magnification. The long end of that zoom lens is 600mm. So, for sure, I didn’t fully utilize the zooming capability of that lens. Because the original file had the target/peregrine falcon fairly small relative to the total image, I had to crop it to increase the size of the falcon. Had I zoomed in to 600mm, I may not have to cropped at all to get a similar image for better details and better rendition.
Considering the fact that my camera has a 24MP sensor, that’s about the cropping factor (100%) I would do to keep the image quality reasonably high and still well-defined. So, it is better to get the desired magnification as large as possible while in the field rather than at your desk during the post processing/editing. Of course, if you zoom in too close if the bird is at a fairly close distance, you may end up clipping some wings. So, you need to strike a good balance between the two aspects.
Hope this helps and please feel free to ask any questions,
Joshua ...Show more →
Thanks. Yes, I understood that you weren't zoomed to the full length the lens allows. I just wasn't sure if the image you posted had been cropped or not - to understand fully your comment.
p.204 #16 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
AGeoJO wrote:
Considering the fact that my camera has a 24MP sensor, that’s about the cropping factor (100%) I would do to keep the image quality reasonably high and still well-defined. So, it is better to get the desired magnification as large as possible while in the field rather than at your desk during the post processing/editing. Of course, if you zoom in too close if the bird is at a fairly close distance, you may end up clipping some wings. So, you need to strike a good balance between the two aspects.
Hope this helps and please feel free to ask any questions,
Joshua ...Show more →
p.204 #17 · Sony FE 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G Image Thread
webmstrk9 wrote:
Sounds like you need an A1....
Still no excuse for not zooming in fully... . That’s why I didn’t bother processing that image until later. But I will be pre-ordering the A1 tomorrow . Thank you, Ken!
. I saw the male late in his flight and didn’t utilize the zoom fully. Oh, well, one of those days 
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