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Round goes the Teal
Captured this shot shortly after sunset. ISO was cranked up to 3200, which is really high for the 7D, but I had to try to get a shot regardless, as still, reflective water is extremely rare in Colorado (there is always some kind of breeze). This little teal was just doing his evening rounds....round, and round, and round he went around the little tiny pond. ;P
Blue-wing Teal
Cottonwood Creek Wetland
Cherry Creek, Colorado
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 600mm f/4 L II
Hand Held
Captured this shot shortly after sunset. ISO was cranked up to 3200, which is really high for the 7D, but I had to try to get a shot regardless, as still, reflective water is extremely rare in Colorado (there is always some kind of breeze). This little teal was just doing his evening rounds....round, and round, and round he went around the little tiny pond. ;P
Blue-wing Teal
Cottonwood Creek Wetland
Cherry Creek, Colorado
Canon EOS 7D
Canon EF 600mm f/4 L II
Hand Held
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Beautiful shots guys...I specially love the Red-crested Cardinals shots...
here are a few of my own
1Dx
300mm IS L
ISO 400
F4
here are a few of my own
1Dx
300mm IS L
ISO 400
F4
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More pelicans. The pelican in the third picture has a scar. I'm not sure but the day before I took the picture there were some fishermen casting off the shore at the place the pelicans like to feed. One of the fishermen snagged a pelican on his lure. I'm thinking this might be the pelican. The fishermen were fishing in a no fishing zone and showed no regard for the pelicans. They just kept casting even though they were casting over the heads of the birds. The likelihood of snagging one of the birds was pretty high. Yahoos
Question for anyone who has an opinion: I have been thinking of purchasing the Tamron 150-600 since I do like to do a lot of wildlife photography. I have been using a Canon 300mm IS f/4L with a Canon Extender EF 1.4x III on both a 7D (primarily) and a 5D Mark II. I'm happy with the results but would like a little more reach. I understand there will be some reduction in image quality but do you think (or know) that adding the 2x extender would give comparable image quality to the Tamron at 600mm? The zoom feature of the Tamron is an advantage but isn't especially important to me.
Question for anyone who has an opinion: I have been thinking of purchasing the Tamron 150-600 since I do like to do a lot of wildlife photography. I have been using a Canon 300mm IS f/4L with a Canon Extender EF 1.4x III on both a 7D (primarily) and a 5D Mark II. I'm happy with the results but would like a little more reach. I understand there will be some reduction in image quality but do you think (or know) that adding the 2x extender would give comparable image quality to the Tamron at 600mm? The zoom feature of the Tamron is an advantage but isn't especially important to me.
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jrista said:HankMD said:
Or, instead of pretending...you could ACTUALLY become part of the environment!
Ghillie Suits FTW!
I am actually in the process of making one of these...I have an old super-cheap net and leaf camo suit that I'm tying frayed yarn strands into....greens, browns, tans. I'm also planning on tying in some of the dried grass straw from Cherry Creek and some of the other parks around that I photograph at. It's primarily to see if it helps me get some better shots of the Kingfishers, which are notoriously difficult birds to shoot...they get all uppity when I'm around, and will only fish when they actually see me leave. I figure, if I can sneak in like a literal bush, maybe they'll get down to business and start fishin in front of my lens!
Yes, I've actually considered one of these. But I've also noticed the commercial ones don't look that great. For now I think I'd just follow your and Eldar's footsteps and learn to get close the old-fashioned way (as opposed to the birdy-fashioned way?). Art Morris' book has given me some ideas -- nice book in more ways than one: it has demolished in my mind the idea that pros simply "get the shots" when they're in fact actively setting things up (setting up perches, leaving baits and such, not to mention pp).
Japanese White-eye Fledgling
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