RazorTM wrote:
Great shots! Did this Corporal tell you that he's been to Iraq three times already?
He'd mentioned he'd gone but did not say how many times. He's not active anymore, just wore the uni for the wedding
Yakim, the vignetting is done in Lightroom before processing the files. There is no noticeable naturally occurring vignetting on the 200/2, so I add my own. Sick, isn't it?
Yakim Peled wrote:
John, the vignetting is PP, right?
Happy shooting,
Yakim.
Yakim, if you take a pic of a blank wall or sky, you'll see some vignette, but for everyday use (esp portraits) it isn't that noticeable. Maybe 1/2 stop from edge to center on FF.
jhartman wrote:
"John, the vignetting is PP, right?"
Yakim, the vignetting is done in Lightroom before processing the files. There is no noticeable naturally occurring vignetting on the 200/2, so I add my own. Sick, isn't it?
p.7 #11 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!
Thank you, Dawei, terns are very much like seagulls.
One thing that makes the Common Tern interesting to me is their fascinating flight abilities as well as a small size which also makes them a bit of a challenge to photograph.
p.7 #12 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!
Who says seagulls are boring ? (Probably those good folks on the N&W forum )
Granted, probably not as good as pijuns, but hey, one shoot what one's got.
p.7 #13 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!
Here is one shot which should hopefully illustrate the strength a lens like 200 f/2 IS has for low light photography where I've been exploring the possibilities for a while now. The guiding idea is to capture scenes and objects in deep shadows without flash, tripods, excessive ISO and frantic image postprocessing, while retaining adequate colours and detail.....as the eye sees it.
p.7 #16 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!
Yakim Peled wrote:
Which begs for the obvious question: Why don't you use a longer lens when shooting BIF?
Happy shooting,
Yakim.
I suppose the idea here is to showcase capabilities of a particular lens, and not share the best tern shot one has ever made.
Talking about "ideal" FL though, one is at the mercy of many factors......in the case of these particular birds, it is primarily the location of fish schools which either brings them closer to the shore or more distant. A zoom or a couple of primes would be a better solution for coping with unpredictable.
A longer lens often doesn't guarantee better captures......either MFD may be too long, the lens is heavier and harder to keep swinging to and fro, and longer lenses are generally of slower aperture and thus do not have as fast focus pickup, a narrower FOV also means it takes a bit longer to zero on a bird in flight.
However, for this kind of a distance as in the images below, the 200mm lens wouldn't have been viable at all, even 500mm that the shots were taken with was a bit short , 800mm would have been perfect FL-wise if I did have one and if I could use it handheld.
I guess , what I am trying to say is that one should work with what one's got.
p.7 #17 · Post your Canon 200mm f/2 (200/2) shots!
I've got a whole bag of 2.8's (24-70;70-200; 300 & 400) now I want this one too... good thing my wife doesn't surf FM! I recently shot a couple candid "sportraits" w/ my 400 2.8 w/ my 1DSII, but I think I like the 200/2 better (and a lot easier to hold!)
(Though we had a gannet in the zoo once) 
