I use the 2x a bunch. Mostly with back lit and well lit early AM images. This Osprey and her chick I shot every week since I saw her mate. She is also banded and was born in 2011 on the other side of the state. Took many a trip and the 600 plus 2x to see the entire band. She is letting me know what she thinks of my intrusion! The chick at 2 days would also go to the edge of the nest and poop off the nest. Sanitary! It took me years to get my kids as well trained! Any way the 2x on the 600 is great.
AGeoJO wrote:
Robert, here are a few images using that combo. The first 2 images are from the days before the A1. I believe that a good camera support would be necessary to get critically sharp images. At an effective FL of 1200mm, handholding your combo can be iffy and that may result in less critically sharp images, in addition to having to deal with adverse atmospheric conditions.
I have the admit that the left eye (from our point of view) of the Vermillion Flycatcher in #1 is not critically sharp under high magnification as the focus plane is more on the forehead or breast of that bird. The kestrel in #2, since it was perching is more critically sharp. The same goes for the toucan barbet in #3 and that one was barely cropped. I did it to show what that combo could pull off. Since the setup was on tripod and the bird barely moved, I lowered the shutter speed to get a more down to earth ISO setting although it was fairly dark while raining. I did take more pictures of that bird in rain using only the 1.4X TC for more "breathing room".
I do have plenty more but these should do....Show more →
Here's a little video I did this morning with the A1 and 600mm f/4
I have no idea what video settings to use so it is what it is, but I think it's pretty cool anyway
My first shot of 2022.
For any aging photographers who want the 600/4, can wield the 200600, but doubt the ability with the prime because of weight (I know I did for a long time), well don't. I hand held the rig for 10 min's today, 5-6 of which pressed to the eye.
MedicineMan404 wrote:
My first shot of 2022.
For any aging photographers who want the 600/4, can wield the 200600, but doubt the ability with the prime because of weight (I know I did for a long time), well don't. I hand held the rig for 10 min's today, 5-6 of which pressed to the eye.
AGeoJO wrote:
Robert, a very impressive image! The position of that hawk is dynamically awesome and of course, the eye contact takes it to another level.
Thanks Joshua. Appreciated. Of course love your eagle
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It didn’t always rain when I was at Conowingo Dam last November, although it felt like it did some 80% of the time .
We went out for Kingfishers the other day...nothing. But did play with the 2.0 on the 600/4.
Now before you say anything it is her index fingers--she's not shooting me the bird but shooting a duck Hair-do of the wildlife photographer b2 by MedicineMan4040, on Flickr
ronin amg wrote:
Ahh so close ups.... My surfing shots are between 200 yrds and a mile from me..
Fortunately, humans are larger than eagles . Great surfing images - I enjoy them!
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Mergansers are in the duck family and actually, yes, there is nothing special about them. In terms of "beauty", they are not even close to the Mandarin ducks. But I do enjoy their ability to catch and subdued their prey. But that crayfish here can fight back and a battle ensued. During this sequence I took some 900 frames and the only at 10fps; a lot images that I have to go through. And here are just 3 of them. Too bad, I couldn't get my shooting position lower than this...
FYI, I deliberately set my shutter speed lower since I wanted to capture more movement than what I did previously. In some of them, that resulted in mixed somewhat blurred and sharp areas. I am working on more images and I will post the sequence in the Nature and Wildlife forum in a few days. Thank you!
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