Thanks, Click! Recently I've had more free time and I'm trying to put it to good use.
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Show your Bird Portraits
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Great photos. But the Mallard close-up is just great.
How did you get the model to make that pose?
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Finally I received my RF 200-800mm last week. I think only 20 lenses or less has been delivered to Sweden so far.
It is not so that I don't like my trusty old RF 100-500L, but as I not predominantly am a "Birdphotographer" hiding in sheds, but rather a "walking around" birdwatcher who likes to take some pictures as well, I often end up with my birds at some distance. Then the 100-500mm I have quite often, especially with smaller sized birds, don't use up that much megapixels on my R5 sensor.
Enter my new RF 200-800. Yesterday I took some hand-held pictures of a Red-necked grebe. Technical data: R5, ISO 1600, f9.0, 1/2500s, 800mm.
I used DxO PureRAW 4 and LrC for the final picture
It is not so that I don't like my trusty old RF 100-500L, but as I not predominantly am a "Birdphotographer" hiding in sheds, but rather a "walking around" birdwatcher who likes to take some pictures as well, I often end up with my birds at some distance. Then the 100-500mm I have quite often, especially with smaller sized birds, don't use up that much megapixels on my R5 sensor.
Enter my new RF 200-800. Yesterday I took some hand-held pictures of a Red-necked grebe. Technical data: R5, ISO 1600, f9.0, 1/2500s, 800mm.
I used DxO PureRAW 4 and LrC for the final picture
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It's a bit of a dilemma for me. For small birds at a distance, which is most common for me, the 200-800 wins out. But, for insects close up and BIF, the 100-500 wins. I am off to the Farne Islands next month for Puffins, which fly fast and close, and I'll take the 100-500 for that trip to the islands but probably the 200-800 as well for walking around the mainland coast.
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Thanks ISv, S lapwings are making slow but steady approach to North America.It was first seen in Costa Rica in 1997, being South America native. Now, can be easily found in the south of Mexico and there are sightings around Rio Grande, US-Mexico border.
Re noise: yes and no. Yes, there is noise, much more than I hoped for ISO 800 with -1/3 EV, 1/400 s, under a pretty dark canopy. No, I did not forget to denoise, generally, just following Canon DPP default values. 7D2 is a great camera, given enough light, but facing enormous contrast in difficult scene can be a "challenge". Noise in photo is just a tax on enjoying nature. Continue posting please, your HI photos are great!
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First kingfisher this year
They really did hide from me. Didn't see just a feather the last four months.
And yet again that pair is super nervous, maybe breeding. Couldn't even get 40 m close.
This is a 1:1 crop
R6m2@500mm, f/9, 1/800, ISO640, 1000x1500 crop
They really did hide from me. Didn't see just a feather the last four months.
And yet again that pair is super nervous, maybe breeding. Couldn't even get 40 m close.
This is a 1:1 crop
R6m2@500mm, f/9, 1/800, ISO640, 1000x1500 crop
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I wish you a nice trip and happy photo hunting!
In the summer of 2022 I visited Lundy Island for a couple of days. Fantastic scenery and a very interesting history around the island. Also there were some Puffins eager to be photographed. But most fascinating were Manx Shearwaters. They delivered a rather scary bird call in the middle of the night when they returned from their feeding grounds out in the ocean and passed over the island on their way to their nests.
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Canada goose with goslings, Purple heron, Bearded reedling.
These are from my first and second outings to a small area half an hour south of Heidelberg with the recently acquired RF800 f/11 on the R6.
With a bit of luck, there are some relative rarities staying here for a short time during migration, with the Purple herons staying for several weeks to raise their young.
I have not had any luck with the Bluethroats yet, but those are sure to become more active and visible as temperatures rise.
These are from my first and second outings to a small area half an hour south of Heidelberg with the recently acquired RF800 f/11 on the R6.
With a bit of luck, there are some relative rarities staying here for a short time during migration, with the Purple herons staying for several weeks to raise their young.
I have not had any luck with the Bluethroats yet, but those are sure to become more active and visible as temperatures rise.
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Thanks, I hadn't thought about that. If it had been shot sideways, cropped, and rotated, it might still look different from this, right?
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