p.15 #4 · Official Z 600mm F4 TC VR S Image Thread
Two Nankeen Night Herons from across a lake as I could not get any closer so decided to add a TC and still had to crop about 40% for these shots! Lucky the afternoon light was good. There were two of them, one on an upper branch and another on a lower branch. The first two are the upper branch bird, the last is the bird on the lower branch.
p.15 #10 · Official Z 600mm F4 TC VR S Image Thread
I found a new spot for Rose Robins about 1.25 hours from home on the western outskirts of Sydney at the base of the Blue Mountains in a national park. There is a small pool of water that this little guy comes down to bathe in the late afternoon - his bedtime bath it seems.
p.15 #11 · Official Z 600mm F4 TC VR S Image Thread
Even though these photos of Budgerigars, or as we locals call them "Budgies", are from the zoo, I thought they would be interesting due to the behavior of the male feeding his mate in their tree hollow nest. The male has the blue "cere" about its beak, whereas the female's "cere" is pinkish-brown. The cere is the soft waxy swelling above the upper beak where the nostrils are. These are quite small birds, the body size slightly larger than a sparrow but has a long tail.
p.15 #12 · Official Z 600mm F4 TC VR S Image Thread
Lance B wrote:
I found a new spot for Rose Robins about 1.25 hours from home on the western outskirts of Sydney at the base of the Blue Mountains in a national park. There is a small pool of water that this little guy comes down to bathe in the late afternoon - his bedtime bath it seems.
p.15 #14 · Official Z 600mm F4 TC VR S Image Thread
How slow can you go?
A cold winter's afternoon late and dark in the forest. Tried to see how low I could go with the shutter speeds and keep ISO's as low as possible. These were completely unbraced, standing and not leaning on anything. I started off at 1/40sec and then dialed down and a number at 1/25sec where most were sharp, and also at 1/20sec where most were also sharp. I also did a short burst of 3 shots at 1/13sec with a sharp shot in a short burst of 3 shots. IBIS and VR worked well! Run through Topaz noise reduction.
