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Male yellow-headed blackbirds. The second one has a bald spot on top of his head. Maybe he had an altercation with another blackbird.
Female yellow-headed blackbird hanging out in the cattails.
Mother yellow-headed blackbird with a beakful of tasty treats for the youngsters back home.
I can see you! Northern shoveler drake in repose. The heads are usually green. I guess the way the way the sun's rays were reflecting off the feathers produced a purplish hue.
Junior, one of three nestling Northern Flickers, was really ready to just go for it but sadly, decided to wait until the next morning while I was at work.
Nice photo ERHP!When I asked this Great Horned Owl if she had seen any squirrels, her reply back was "Squirrels? No squirrels here."
And squirrels are OK - the victim here is something from dormice (Gliridae - check the Internet). The size would correspond to Hazel dormouse. On other hand the oak in the background is an American species (and I fall as a Sherlock
)
Goldeneye family's outdoor adventure.
The very little free time in the last two weeks was spent in botanical gardens - I was making chaperone of my visitors from NY (when I could). Almost no birds.
Here are few from today - I took off this afternoon to practice shooting in very contrast light and mostly wide-open lens...
Here are few from today - I took off this afternoon to practice shooting in very contrast light and mostly wide-open lens...
Wiebe - first: congrats for your new lens!!!
Concerning the comparison of these two lenses - if the distance to the bird is +/- same, you have more pixels engaged in the detail with the 600mm. And you will have even more if your next lens is 800mm (
- dream, at least for me. I just don't know how I could handle such a monster).
Hi Ilko, thanks... as to comparison - the location / angle / distance were all identical (to the nearest 0.1mWiebe - first: congrats for your new lens!!!
Concerning the comparison of these two lenses - if the distance to the bird is +/- same, you have more pixels engaged in the detail with the 600mm. And you will have even more if your next lens is 800mm (
) so indeed 50% more linear detail to be captured. Shooting conditions / settings were different though (high ISO on the 100-400 shot, causing some loss of contrast / detail).My non scientific assessment after a couple of days:
100-400mm II can achieve the best detail / sharpness - if you can get close enough for good framing
60-600mm comes quite close in sharpness and contrast while adding reach for tight framing - if you can handle the weight or work from a tripod / monopod (the additional kilo of weight, way in front of the camera, makes itself felt...)
100-400 II + 1.4xTC III (so 560mm f/8) lags behind a bit in contrast / sharpness (all on my 7DmkII)
So this new lens will be used on occasions reserved for photography, where I know I'll need tightest possible framing (or need the massive flexibility in framing of the 10x zoom). When hiking "with the possibility of capturing a nice shot" I'm using the 100-400 for its lower weight, easier handling and excellent quality.
W.
P.S. I'll try the 60-600 + 1.4xTC for the 840mm reach while on holiday - see what result I can get with that
(on crop body so >1200mm equivalent )