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ajfotofilmagem said:
Don Haines said:
Playing with a Tamron 150-600 on a 60D... This is a heavy crop from the center of the image...
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Seems a bit of chromatic aberration in the bird's head, but considering that was cropped, you still think it is a good lens?
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Good catch! I posted it from a laptop with a tiny screen.... now that I am home, I see what you mean...

I went back into lightroom and turned on the correction for the lens profile and enabled chromatic aberration correction. Normally I do this automatically, this time I forgot.... top picture is without, bottom is with... ( and the crop is of about the center 2000 pixels of the image).

I like the lens, but like any tool, it takes time to learn how to use it.
 

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#4,323
Jack Douglas said:
Another flurry of very nice shots - thanks all!

Don, seems for the price especially that is a very impressive lens. I guess a person has to evaluate all different aspects of IQ. Being new to it all I tend to look more at resolution and sharpness and it impresses me.

Jack
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As you get more seasoned, you'll find versatility often trumps IQ. It is sometimes the case that simply being able to get the shot is the most important aspect of choosing gear. The 150-600 has an f/6.3 aperture on the long end, which is going to make available light the biggest issue in many circumstances. It'll also limit how blurry you can make your backgrounds.

While IQ is certainly important, it isn't actually the sole reason I got a 600/4 L II. The big aperture, for both boke and available light, was really the most important reason. That's 1 1/3rd more stops of light, or 2.6x more light. VERY handy thing to have. I think you use the 300 f/2.8? Don't underestimate the value of that lens....it may not quite have the reach, but it guzzles light like nothing else. And, even at 600, you still have an f/5.6 aperture (and IQ that could probably rival the Tamron 150-600.

For the price, hard to beat Tamron's new lens, though. I suspect, if Don's images are any example of it's IQ, it'll become a very popular birding lens.
 
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Princecookie, I love the very cute "yawning" swallow. For newcomers/others, I think it's more fun when we can see your included settings as well as a few words of how/when/where or whatever. Just my opinion of course. ;)

jrista, don't worry, there is scarcely a day goes by I don't express gratitude for being able to shoot with my 300, it is so convenient. It's like a little point and shoot (well almost); doesn't seem awkward at all, especially with my Jobu gimble "handle" that I wouldn't be without. And here's an example of the bokeh it yields - I do love it! :)

6D 300 2.8 II 1.4X III 1250th F8 ISO 640 not very heavily cropped

Jack
 

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Jack Douglas said:
Princecookie, I love the very cute "yawning" swallow. For newcomers/others, I think it's more fun when we can see your included settings as well as a few words of how/when/where or whatever. Just my opinion of course. ;)

jrista, don't worry, there is scarcely a day goes by I don't express gratitude for being able to shoot with my 300, it is so convenient. It's like a little point and shoot (well almost); doesn't seem awkward at all, especially with my Jobu gimble "handle" that I wouldn't be without. And here's an example of the bokeh it yields - I do love it! :)

6D 300 2.8 II 1.4X III 1250th F8 ISO 640 not very heavily cropped

Jack
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Cute. Nicely done Jack.
 
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Don Haines said:
ajfotofilmagem said:
Don Haines said:
Playing with a Tamron 150-600 on a 60D... This is a heavy crop from the center of the image...
Click to expand...
Seems a bit of chromatic aberration in the bird's head, but considering that was cropped, you still think it is a good lens?
Click to expand...
Good catch! I posted it from a laptop with a tiny screen.... now that I am home, I see what you mean...

I went back into lightroom and turned on the correction for the lens profile and enabled chromatic aberration correction. Normally I do this automatically, this time I forgot.... top picture is without, bottom is with... ( and the crop is of about the center 2000 pixels of the image).

I like the lens, but like any tool, it takes time to learn how to use it.
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Nice and razor sharp results. Looks like that lens will be a popular birding lens!
 
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Jack Douglas said:
Princecookie, I love the very cute "yawning" swallow. For newcomers/others, I think it's more fun when we can see your included settings as well as a few words of how/when/where or whatever. Just my opinion of course. ;)

jrista, don't worry, there is scarcely a day goes by I don't express gratitude for being able to shoot with my 300, it is so convenient. It's like a little point and shoot (well almost); doesn't seem awkward at all, especially with my Jobu gimble "handle" that I wouldn't be without. And here's an example of the bokeh it yields - I do love it! :)

6D 300 2.8 II 1.4X III 1250th F8 ISO 640 not very heavily cropped

Jack
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Aye! Now your getting the hang of it. You want to move your background stuff farther back, though. I'd say you want to blur it by about double to produce more pleasing boke. You can blur it entirely, and that's great. Sometimes it's nice to leave just enough complexity in the background that you see those nice large round boke blur circles for highlights. I'd move your background stands holding the pine fronds back until you can no longer really make out any detail, but close enough that it isn't just one largely flat-toned or very smooth single gradient. A little patchy blur is really nice, and ideally isolates your subject and it's perch...eliminates fighting between foreground and background.
 
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