noelle wrote:
Conrad...did you say something about an egret?
Overcast today.... great day to photograph egret's
That was advice I was given and it worked out nice for me today
Terrific Egret shots Noelle! Very nice control of the whites as well. The overcast really does help diffuse the harsh light a lot. I wish some clouds would appear for my egrets. Alas, they are all blown for me..
philtax wrote:
I'm having the best time following this amiable competition. Unfortunately I don't have a birding lens yet so I can't participate directly. Still, I'd like to contribute something, and this is the closest I'm going to come to a BIF shot anytime soon - this lady is camped outside a conference room at my office. One of these days I may get a look at the 7 eggs she is protecting.
Cheers,
Phil
Hey Phil! Thanks for contributing and glad to hear your enjoying reading our little thread. I encourage you to post whatever you want, 400mm lens or not, as this is for all of us to share and not some snobby members only club ok? Can't wait to see more of the eggs hatching. And your 70-200 should work just fine close range for BIF. Cheers!
Conrad Tan wrote:
@ Noelle: You're in big trouble girl... I heard of an osprey sighting today... I'll be checking that out soon.... be afraid, be very afraid...
This morning I decided to challenge a bit my 400 f.5.6 prime.
Much of the time I have used the lens for fly-by type of BIF shots where the lens does very well in decent light and better.
However, I haven't used it much for "close combat" BIF photography for a couple of reasons: MFD is large and 400mm is often too much of a FL.
Today I unleashed the lens + 1DMkIIN on head-on pijun-in-flight shots. In a nutshell, the lens is less than ideal for that type of photography.
The 300's (both f/4 and f/2.8), 200's and 135L are decidedly superior for that application primarily because they allow faster AF (brighter lenses).
(1) A warm-up fly-by shot....no problem.
(2) Camera has a hard time focusing....by the time the focus locks-in, the bird is in my face, nearer than the MFD.
(3) This is a bit better.
Dude... FREMONT bart station! Can you believe it?!? There's some lake or actually a pond back there where my buddy saw one with a rat in it's talons up in a tree overlooking the pond. I'm heading there today after work to see if he's there. I'll let you know!
Conrad Tan wrote:
Super cute Wing! Love the "photographer-in-the-making" shot! Here's my son Justin and me at the Warriors game last night. The hairy guy is our roomate. Taken with the old trusty Canon SD870IS. Haha!
Conrad Tan wrote:
Dude... FREMONT bart station! Can you believe it?!? There's some lake or actually a pond back there where my buddy saw one with a rat in it's talons up in a tree overlooking the pond. I'm heading there today after work to see if he's there. I'll let you know!
PetKal wrote:
This morning I decided to challenge a bit my 400 f.5.6 prime.
Much of the time I have used the lens for fly-by type of BIF shots where the lens does very well in decent light and better.
However, I haven't used it much for "close combat" BIF photography for a couple of reasons: MFD is large and 400mm is often too much of a FL.
Today I unleashed the lens + 1DMkIIN on head-on pijun-in-flight shots. In a nutshell, the lens is less than ideal for that type of photography.
The 300's (both f/4 and f/2.8), 200's and 135L are decidedly superior for that application primarily because they allow faster AF (brighter lenses).
(1) A warm-up fly-by shot....no problem.
(2) Camera has a hard time focusing....by the time the focus locks-in, the bird is in my face, nearer than the MFD.
(3) This is a bit better. ...Show more →
PetKal wrote:
This morning I decided to challenge a bit my 400 f.5.6 prime.
Much of the time I have used the lens for fly-by type of BIF shots where the lens does very well in decent light and better.
However, I haven't used it much for "close combat" BIF photography for a couple of reasons: MFD is large and 400mm is often too much of a FL.
Today I unleashed the lens + 1DMkIIN on head-on pijun-in-flight shots. In a nutshell, the lens is less than ideal for that type of photography.
The 300's (both f/4 and f/2.8), 200's and 135L are decidedly superior for that application primarily because they allow faster AF (brighter lenses).
(1) A warm-up fly-by shot....no problem.
(2) Camera has a hard time focusing....by the time the focus locks-in, the bird is in my face, nearer than the MFD.
(3) This is a bit better. ...Show more →
WOW!!! Great close combat shots! I can't believe those are from the 400mm! My 50D bows down to your 1DMkIIN. Peter! There are a crapload of pijuns nearby, I should try practicing on them. You're the pijun king!
PetKal wrote:
This morning I decided to challenge a bit my 400 f.5.6 prime.
Much of the time I have used the lens for fly-by type of BIF shots where the lens does very well in decent light and better.
However, I haven't used it much for "close combat" BIF photography for a couple of reasons: MFD is large and 400mm is often too much of a FL.
Today I unleashed the lens + 1DMkIIN on head-on pijun-in-flight shots. In a nutshell, the lens is less than ideal for that type of photography.
The 300's (both f/4 and f/2.8), 200's and 135L are decidedly superior for that application primarily because they allow faster AF (brighter lenses).
(1) A warm-up fly-by shot....no problem.
(2) Camera has a hard time focusing....by the time the focus locks-in, the bird is in my face, nearer than the MFD.
(3) This is a bit better. ...Show more →
wing tong wrote:
I couldn't agree more! Peter really is the king of pijun shooters! But seriously Peter did you only have the center AF point going or all of them? I could never seem to get that kind of shot with the 50D.
wing tong wrote:
Head-on's are nothing short of awesome!
I couldn't agree more! Peter really is the king of pijun shooters! But seriously Peter did you only have the center AF point going or all of them? I could never seem to get that kind of shot with the 50D.
