Great captures, all of them but I really enjoy the one when the hawk made an eye contact with you/your camera. Just curious, what part of the Western US did you take those images?
AGeoJO wrote:
Great captures, all of them but I really enjoy the one when the hawk made an eye contact with you/your camera. Just curious, what part of the Western US did you take those images?
Thanks Josh, especially coming from a photographer of your talents, that is high praise.
These were all shot in Eastern Montana. A very sparsely populated part of the state that's known more for dinosaur finds than anything else. In the days I was there we had a lot of completely blue skies with frigid negative temps and very strong winds. Unfortunately, no real opportunity to put subjects against better backgrounds. Once the sun got up at a certain angle, environmental haze due to mixing of warm and cold air made things almost impossible. I shot 2500 exposures of those Goldeneye one morning, some almost full frame filling in good light and all were complete garbage due to haze.
Not much happening here in the southern U.S. Appalachian Alps, though we did go above freezing yesterday for 2 hours. My front yard is frozen over from one side to the other. This shot from 2000 feet lower along the Doe River.
has anyone felt limited by the MFD of 4.5m? currently using the 2-600, which has MFD of 2.4m. some of my favorite shots were definitely closer than 4.5m. it seems like the higher MFD would make it more challenging to "fill the frame" - is that a reasonable concern?
these thoughts stem from debating 400 vs 600, as the 400 has MFD of 2.7m and stays constant w/ addition of TC. let me know if this discussion belongs elsewhere. thanks!
I like the lens so far, and how it works with TCs.
IS in video could be better but I can live with it.
For some reason I'm getting much more keepers compared to the R5+RF600/4+1.4x. I'm wondering if someone else had a similar experience (or I'm just crazy)?
I like the lens so far, and how it works with TCs.
IS in video could be better but I can live with it.
For some reason I'm getting much more keepers compared to the R5+RF600/4+1.4x. I'm wondering if someone else had a similar experience (or I'm just crazy)?
Nice shots, small world...I'm in Franklin too. Welcome to Sony. Love your 85 1.2 shots.
lifeandmylens wrote:
Nice shots, small world...I'm in Franklin too. Welcome to Sony. Love your 85 1.2 shots.
Hi neighbor! and thank you for the kind words.
I used to shoot Sony from 2012 to 2016 (A99 -> A7r -> A7rII), but eventually gave up because Sony never had the lenses I wanted. My favorites are the EF 200/2 and 85/1.2. The 85/1.2 DS recently joined the list. Lots of things changed since 2016 and I'm happy to be back. Still no 85/1.2 or a usable STF/DS lens, but I'm keeping most of my Canon stuff so not a big deal. The 600/4GM is an amazing lens. My second favorite is the 135/1.8GM (until Canon makes a 1.4 DS ). I'm also looking towards Nikon now. The 800/6.3 PF should be an excellent choice for birding. Hopefully we'll see it this year. If they make a 600/4 with integrated TC similar to what they've done with the new 400/2.8 - I'll be considering it too.
Hi everyone. I bought a 600gm last November. It's my first big prime and I'm a bit squeamish about giving the front element a wipe (I usually use a rocket blower but there's a smear).
What so you guys use?
LawrenceLondon wrote:
Hi everyone. I bought a 600gm last November. It's my first big prime and I'm a bit squeamish about giving the front element a wipe (I usually use a rocket blower but there's a smear).
What so you guys use?
Welcome to the club, Lawrence! I would use a soft microfiber lens tissue to gently wipe off tthe smear. It should be okay.
Ok, I'm going to try a bunch of firsts here
First post, first time embedding a Flickr link
First outing with the 600 f:4 I rented over christmas (and yes, I will very likely buy one)
While shooting waterfowl I had an immature Cooper's Hawk come right at me for a closer inspection. The last 6 frames were inside the MFD but I am guessing it missed hitting my head by 4-5 feet
and thank you for the kind words.
). I'm also looking towards Nikon now. The 800/6.3 PF should be an excellent choice for birding. Hopefully we'll see it this year. If they make a 600/4 with integrated TC similar to what they've done with the new 400/2.8 - I'll be considering it too.
