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[dpc]

Someone has had a close encounter of some kind (red winged blackbird)...

 

[Click]

Double-crested Cormorant

 

[Maximilian]

Double-crested Cormorant

Really nice pose and light, Click. Well done.

 

[Maximilian]

Having a large collection of mirror lenses, I have coveted the Minolta 250mm, f/5.6, but couldn't justify the asking price, so when TTArtisans just came out with a similar lens for a reasonable price, I had to give it a try. It is surprisingly good for a mirror and relatively easy to focus (don't miss the relatively part). I have been playing with it this afternoon and it holds up well even with the R7. Images need a shot of mid-band contrast as always with mirrors, but this is only 25 on "texture knob" so pretty mild as mirrors go. Almost 100% crop.

R7 + TTArtisans 250mm f/5.6 Reflex

Lovely hummer! Interesting, what you are doing there with those mirror lenses.

 

[Maximilian]

Eurasian Wren, locked and loaded. R6, RF800/11

Lovely pose and sharpness.

 

[Maximilian]

Some yellow-legged gulls (larus michahellis) hang out on offshore rocks at Rhodes and keep a lookout for food.
R6m2, RF100-400@400mm+crop

 

[Click]

Lovely shots, Maximilian.

Really nice pose and light, Click. Well done.

Thank you, Maximilian.

 

[photophil]

Lovely pose and sharpness.

Thanks! In the short time since I got the 800/11 it has really grown on me

 

[ISv]

Double-crested Cormorant
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Beautiful shot Click!

 

[Click]

Beautiful shot Click!

Thank you, ISv.

 

[becceric]

Someone has had a close encounter of some kind (red winged blackbird)...


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That bird needs a helmet!

 

[Dragon]

More hummers. R7 + RF 200-800


The handsomest Rufous prince (and he knows it)





Full House





Incoming




Sipping the sauce (Rufous female) CORRECTION. I think this is an Allen's female. We haven't seen these in the past, but have several this year. Very similar to Rufous except for the green back.





Enjoying a new tanoak sprout (Annas female)




Lomcovák recovery (the bright spot is a bokeh ball)

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Dragon.

 

[ISv]

More hummers. R7 + RF 200-800


The handsomest Rufous prince (and he knows it)

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Full House

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Incoming

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Sipping the sauce (Rufous female)

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Enjoying a new tanoak sprout (Annas female)

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Lomcovák recovery (the bright spot is a bokeh ball)

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I like them all but if the last one was sharper I would say "a Masterpiece"!!! Still nice!

 

[Dragon]

I like them all but if the last one was sharper I would say "a Masterpiece"!!! Still nice!

I Had to lean on Topaz to get that much out of it, but it was too funny to not post. Just wasn't quite in focus and the exposure was weird as well. The R7 with the 200-800 does pretty well, but it can't keep up with hummers moving on the z axis toward or away from the camera. I have an EF 100-400 that is faster, but then I have to be closer and that modifies their behavior. The R5 with the 200-800 is a little faster than the R7, but then I still lose magnification. Take enough shots and eventually you get a winner.

 

[photophil]

Young crow, blinking. R6, RF50/1.8 (!) I was being very stealthy.

 

[photophil]

Eurasian Jay devouring what I think is a fledgling Blackcap. R6, RF800/11

It's slightly graphic.

Spoiler

 

[Noreaster]

Someone has had a close encounter of some kind (red winged blackbird)...


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His wife was pissed with the mullet.

 

[Dragon]

This guy was the clincher that we now have Allen's hummingbirds.

 

[Maximilian]

A waldrapp (geronticus eremita) at Leipzig Zoological Garden.
Those are endangered, but reintroduction programmes in southern Germany, esp. near Lake Constance seem to be successful.
R6m2, RF100-400 @400mm, FF, f/8, 1/1000, ISO1000