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[Click]

Keep posting my friend. It's always a pleasure to look at your pictures.

 

[Don Haines]

Since it is American Thanksgiving this weekend, this seems timely...... this group came wandering through my yard last week.....

 

[Jack Douglas]

So which one are you planning to eat?

Jack

 

[Roo]

Since it is American Thanksgiving this weekend, this seems timely...... this group came wandering through my yard last week.....

With that many birds are you inviting the whole forum for Thanksgiving?

 

[tcmatthews]

Testing out the new 7D II.
Web sized exports, and cropped a bunch.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Careful, not everyone appreciates our sense of humour or is it humor.

Jack

 

[Jack Douglas]

tcmatthews, I'll be interested in hearing your assessment relative to the 6D. I found it a little hard deciding whether to go out with the 6D vs the 1D4 but the 7D2 has the MP's so there should be no loss of IQ when cropping. I guess that leaves only the low light factor to be assessed.

Jack

 

[tcmatthews]

tcmatthews, I'll be interested in hearing your assessment relative to the 6D. I found it a little hard deciding whether to go out with the 6D vs the 1D4 but the 7D2 has the MP's so there should be no loss of IQ when cropping. I guess that leaves only the low light factor to be assessed.

Jack

It is still very early but my initial thoughts is that the 6D is slightly sharper on per-pixel basis. The 6D also has more leadway in editing files. But the sharpness could very well be the lens, these were shot using a Tamron 150-600 at f7.1. I have not used it enough with my other lenses to form an opinion. I bought the 7D II to use almost exclusively for birds and other wildlife. Given the current refurbished price of $999 I could not pass it up. The autofocus system of the 7DII is vastly more complicated it is going to take a while to get it all dialed in.

I have found the 7DII is a very big improvement over my 60D in IQ and the ISO 3200 is usable. I really did not like using my 60D above 800-1600. If you are comparing to a 1D4 body I think you would be happier with the build of the 7DII. The 6D is more suitable to a slower style of photography.

 

[tron]

Careful, not everyone appreciates our sense of humour or is it humor.

Jack

No problem for me. The only thing is that one should calculate the weight of accompanying potatos ... ;D ;D ;D

 

[Isaac Grant]

Here is another of the Song Sparrow seen feeding at dawn on the beach. Canon 7d2 (which is fantastic in my opinion) and Sigma 150-600 C.

Song Sparrow by Isaac Grant, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Very nice shot. Well done, Isaac.

 

[FEBS]

Here is another of the Song Sparrow seen feeding at dawn on the beach. Canon 7d2 (which is fantastic in my opinion) and Sigma 150-600 C.

Indeed, fantastic shot

 

[Cog]

Here is another of the Song Sparrow seen feeding at dawn on the beach. Canon 7d2 (which is fantastic in my opinion) and Sigma 150-600 C.

Nice!

 

[steven kessel]

Mallards at sunset

5Diii, 400DO

 

[Click]

Nice picture, Steven.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi Steven.
Superb shot, lovely colours, crisp reflection of the duck, the two drakes being OOF gives it a sense of softness too.

Cheers, Graham.

Mallards at sunset

5Diii, 400DO

 

[StudentOfLight]

"A bit of a stretch" - Juvenile Sunbird

 

[Click]

"A bit of a stretch" - Juvenile Sunbird

Lovely. Well done, Omesh.

 

[Jack Douglas]

"A bit of a stretch" - Juvenile Sunbird

Lovely. Well done, Omesh.

Very cute!

Jack

 

[Northbird]

Canon 7D + 70-200 2.8 II + 1.4 III TC


American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) by Tony Varela Photography, on Flickr