buffalowolff wrote:
This brings up something I've been curious about, maybe wrong place but: If you guys are walking with them, how do you carry this lens? cross body strap (r-strap...etc)? Cotton carrier? monopod over the shoulder?
I normally carry the lens using its own padded strap, which is fairly long, across my shoulder while the lens is hanging on the side if I anticipate quite a bit of usage. I use either a monopod or a tripod with a gimbal head for that purpose and I carry it either with a strap or just in the hand. On really short distances, like changing the location 100-200 feet or so, I carry the whole shebang on my shoulder mounted on the monopod or tripod while the front of the lens resting on my back.
In addition, I carry another body, TCs, spare batteries and what not inside a small bag/pouch on my waist using a belt. I can walk/hike 2-3 miles that way and I am 70 this year. Shhhh , don’t tell anyone. I know Kim Knapp is 2 years or so older than I am. This lens although appears bulky but it is not that heavy due to the new design and material.
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Fred Miranda wrote:
Outstanding images Joshua! Thanks for sharing them.
Thank you very much, Fred!
Thank you, Colin, Kim and Bob for keeping this thread hopping again .
I posted the cormorrant’s “convention” in the big FE thread and I am cross posting it here.,,
buffalowolff wrote:
This brings up something I've been curious about, maybe wrong place but: If you guys are walking with them, how do you carry this lens? cross body strap (r-strap...etc)? Cotton carrier? monopod over the shoulder?
I use a Black Rapid sling with its attachment screwed into the bottom of the Wimberley replacement tripod foot. I have the length of the sling adjusted so that, as I walk, I can hold onto the foot to stabilize the lens and occasionally take a bit of the weight off my shoulder. I adjust the lens' collar so that the camera body is at a slight angle so that I can react a little quicker if something comes up during the walk.
I posted a series of images, the battle "Male Hooded Merganser vs. Lobster-size Crayfish" on the N&W forum. If you don't visit that forum that often, here is a link to the thread: https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1630624, including the information. And here is one of the images...
Sony A9ii, 600mm f/4 GM, 1.4TC
1/50, f/6.3, ISO 4000
Please click on the image to see actual resolution. Can't scale down imgur's enlargement of my images even if I save at lower pixels.
Sony A9ii, 600mm f/4 GM, 2X TC
1/125, f/8, ISO 1000
Please click on the image to see actual resolution. Can't scale down imgur's enlargement of my images even if I save at lower pixels.
arbitrage wrote:
Is this in the wild? Regardless it is a great shot....super details and love the stare down look.
It's in a large enclosure. The eagle can't be released anymore because it's blind in one eye. It was rescued by wildlife authorities from a slingshot to the eye. Thanks.
Great images, Howard and I am truly impressed with the optical and AF performance of the 2X TC on that lens.
askal wrote:
It's in a large enclosure. The eagle can't be released anymore because it's blind in one eye. It was rescued by wildlife authorities from a slingshot to the eye. Thanks.
Now after you mentioned it, I noticed its right eye... too bad; that poor eagle.
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Another image from the merganser vs. crayfish that hasn't been posted... I took over 1,000 images although not all of them are worth editing though. And as if it wasn't enough, I went to the same location the following week for more . Let me put it this way; the mergansers know how to put up the show. But only in the winter, I was told, at least at this location.
, don’t tell anyone. I know Kim Knapp is 2 years or so older than I am. This lens although appears bulky but it is not that heavy due to the new design and material. 
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although not all of them are worth editing though. And as if it wasn't enough, I went to the same location the following week for more 
