Sony A9ii, 600mm f/4 GM, 2X TC
1/40, f/8, ISO 1600
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Bryan Crowe wrote:
Where are you shooting the Waxwings ?
Beautiful shot!
BC
Hi Bryan, thank you! It was at the San Joaquin WS in Irvine. It was in the last days of December when they finally graced us with their presence. More importantly, they came down to the lower branches of the toyon berry plants for us to take pictures of them without or less skies.
AGeoJO wrote:
Hi Bryan, thank you! It was at the San Joaquin WS in Irvine. It was in the last days of December when they finally graced us with their presence. More importantly, they came down to the lower branches of the toyon berry plants for us to take pictures of them without or less skies.
Very cool. They have migrated through my neighborhood in Fullerton but they don't sit for long.
Bob_S wrote:
Any images of subjects other than birds with this lens?
No offence, stellar thread, amazing looking images, just interested in seeing something different.
This lens is designed for wildlife, even more so than the GM 400mm lens, which is frequently used for sport photography, hence the f/2.8 aperture. The angle of view of the 600mm is too narrow for much of anything else but here is a landscape image then...
AGeoJO wrote:
This lens is designed for wildlife, even more so than the GM 400mm lens, which is frequently used for sport photography, hence the f/2.8 aperture. The angle of view of the 600mm is too narrow for much of anything else but here is a landscape image then...
Yyyyesss, gorgeous.
More, more, MORE!
I used to shoot 200-400mm and none of it was sports or birds, I just love the compression.
I used to shoot 200-400mm and none of it was sports or birds, I just love the compression.
I really like what Chris did here...
There is quite a difference in the angle of view between a 400mm and a 600mm lens. In that YT video, Chris even mentioned that his composition was too tight and a 200mm focal length would have been better. Now, that was a 400mm and the 600mm would have been even tighter. I would NOT take this lens on a landscape-oriented trip; that's for sure but, I would and did take a few shots using that lens during birding/wildlife trips. On the other hand, I did take my 100-400mm on landscape trips, even overseas. Like you, I also love the compression effect of longish lenses and the zooming ability, against all beliefs, comes in really handy for landscape.
I posted the first image on the big FE thread but not the second one. My tripod legs were flat on the ground and the camera/lens just inches above the water for both...
AGeoJO wrote:
There is quite a difference in the angle of view between a 400mm and a 600mm lens. In that YT video, Chris even mentioned that his composition was too tight and a 200mm focal length would have been better. Now, that was a 400mm and the 600mm would have been even tighter. I would NOT take this lens on a landscape-oriented trip; that's for sure but, I would and did take a few shots using that lens during birding/wildlife trips. On the other hand, I did take my 100-400mm on landscape trips, even overseas. Like you, I also love the compression effect of longish lenses and the zooming ability, against all beliefs, comes in really handy for landscape. ...Show more →
Challenge accepted haha
Now to get my hands on a 600.
I'm not into birds or sports so will try my hand at something else.
AGeoJO wrote:
I posted the first image on the big FE thread but not the second one. My tripod legs were flat on the ground and the camera/lens just inches above the water for both...
People don't realize how much a low angle changes the perspective and can change a scenario into a phenomenal shot. Really nice.
^^^ Thanks. I was coming home from taking my elderly mother to a doctor, and saw this Kestrel perched up high in this tree, so I continued home, grabbed the camera and returned (it was only a couple miles). Unfortunately it was now perched deeper into the twigs, so I will pretend to claim this as an "intentional environmental" shot.
AGeoJO wrote:
I posted the first image on the big FE thread but not the second one. My tripod legs were flat on the ground and the camera/lens just inches above the water for both...
Those are absolutely gorgeous, Joshua. What time of day was that?
You gotta love this lens, especially with the A7Riv. Once again, handheld and cropped 1:1 (I would sell the tripod except I like astrophotography ). More at the Sony Birds and Wildlife Thread, here.
