The 105 f1.4 as a birding lens? Who would have thought?
On the D500, it is an \"equivalent\" to a 157mm 1.4 (yes, I know an f2 in reality but who cares?).
We have a local guy that feeds a pair of Nankeen Kestrels small amounts of mince beef almost every day, and each year this pair of Kestrels have babies and each year they grow up and the parents teach them how to hunt etc. A successful \"breeding program\" if you will. He is careful to make sure that these birds do not rely on his food, they still hunt by themselves and teach their young how to hunt as well. In fact, they are amazing hunters as we see them hunting mice, grasshoppers, worms, lizards etc so, they are not human reliant by any stretch. It\'s a wonderful interaction of human and wildlife.
As we can get quite close to these birds, especially when they catch mince thrown up to them mid air, it was a perfect opportunity to see how well the 105 f1.4E would do IQ-wise and AF-wise photographing these birds. Well, I am blown away with the speed of the AF and the IQ. This is a superb birding lens if you only need 150mm.
D500 + 105 f1.4E various apertures, shutter speeds and ISO\'s. Exif intact.
Even the ravens got in on the act:
Nov 22, 2016 at 05:37 AM
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