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[sedwards]

after playing with AFMA for what seems like forever and never being sure its right , i decided to just put it to 0. what a difference.
3N1A2758-Edit by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

 

[candyman]

after playing with AFMA for what seems like forever and never being sure its right , i decided to just put it to 0. what a difference.
3N1A2758-Edit by Stuart Edwards, on Flickr

Another lovely shot Stuart. And nice sharp.

 

[candyman]

Same Cormorant, but swimming this time. I took the picture while kayaking on a river.

1DX + 500mm f4L IS II

Hello Click, I very much like and enjoyed your photobucket.

 

[bjd]

Same Cormorant, but swimming this time. I took the picture while kayaking on a river.

1DX + 500mm f4L IS II

Great shots.

You not worried about your equipment falling into the water?

Cheers Brian

 

[Click]

Same Cormorant, but swimming this time. I took the picture while kayaking on a river.

1DX + 500mm f4L IS II

Hello Click, I very much like and enjoyed your photobucket.

Hello Candyman,

Thank you very much for your kind words. As you can see, I love bird pictures. All of those were taken while kayaking.

Cheers

 

[Click]

Same Cormorant, but swimming this time. I took the picture while kayaking on a river.

1DX + 500mm f4L IS II

Great shots.

You not worried about your equipment falling into the water?

Cheers Brian

Hello Brian,

Thank you very much.

Not at all, I have been kayaking for more than 20 years, never been wet with equipment.

I do pictures only on calm waters.

...And as on land, you have to be careful with your camera gear.

Cheers

 

[Click]

after playing with AFMA for what seems like forever and never being sure its right , i decided to just put it to 0. what a difference.

That's a sharp image. Beautiful shot, Stuart.

 

[AlanF]

Now I am back in the UK, the 1.4xTC gets used again. Here are four from this afternoon to show that the 1.4xTC III doesn't ruin the IQ of the 100-400mm II on the 7D II. The light was good, f/8 and iso 640 as always, DxO prime to eliminate nearly the noise from RAW and 0.3 pixels at 100% to smart sharpen the jpeg in PS. A great tit, blue tit, reed warbler and robin. No tweaking of contrast, vibrance or colour saturation - just straight from the camera.

 

[hhkd]

after playing with AFMA for what seems like forever and never being sure its right , i decided to just put it to 0. what a difference.

That’s just ridiculous detail. Simply amazing.

Here’s two that I took in City Park, New Orleans. Not very sharp but it was the first time I’d ever seen a yellow crowned night heron. Both with 70-300 F4-5.6 IS USM on a 60D, F8, iso 800...
1/200th at 300mm:
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron by Hashim D, on Flickr

1/250th at 275mm:
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron by Hashim D, on Flickr

 

[Click]

Very nice series, Alan. Well done.

 

[Click]

Here’s two that I took in City Park, New Orleans. Not very sharp but it was the first time I’d ever seen a yellow crowned night heron. Both with 70-300 F4-5.6 IS USM on a 60D, F8, iso 800...

Nice close-up on the first one.

 

[dpc]

Our resident house sparrow chowing down on what few crabapples there are on our tree.

 

[dpc]

after playing with AFMA for what seems like forever and never being sure its right , i decided to just put it to 0. what a difference.

That’s just ridiculous detail. Simply amazing.

Here’s two that I took in City Park, New Orleans. Not very sharp but it was the first time I’d ever seen a yellow crowned night heron. Both with 70-300 F4-5.6 IS USM on a 60D, F8, iso 800...
1/200th at 300mm:
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron by Hashim D, on Flickr

1/250th at 275mm:
Yellow-Crowned Night Heron by Hashim D, on Flickr

Nice pictures. Sharpness isn't everything despite what some people think.

 

[AlanF]

Very nice series, Alan. Well done.

Thanks Click.

 

[mdmphoto]

Now I am back in the UK, the 1.4xTC gets used again. Here are four from this afternoon to show that the 1.4xTC III doesn't ruin the IQ of the 100-400mm II on the 7D II.

Thanks for sharing these excellent shots. I've been wavering back and forth about whether to get the sigma/tamron 150-600 in one of the various builds, or the Canon w/ a tc. My buddy uses the Canon setup w/ a 7D II, 5D s, and 5D r with beautiful results, but he's a much better photographer. Anyway, here's some I shot with a 7D II and the old sigma 150-500 OS:

 

[AlanF]

Mdmphoto
I used to have the Tamron 150-600mm, and it wasn't as good as the 100-400mm II + 1.4xTC. I recently compared the Sigma C and Sigma S 150-600mm at 600mm with the 100-400mm II + TC and found the Sigmas to be excellent and of similar IQ and resolution. On the other hand, lenstip has the Tamron sharper than the Sigma C at 600mm! Judging by other reviews (TDP etc), the quality control is not particularly good by Sigma and you should test a copy before buying. On the other hand, the Canon 100-400mm II appears to be very consistent and is a safer bet to buy unseen. According to lensrentals latest spurt of testing lens variation, the new Canon lenses are exceptionally consistent.

 

[privatebydesign]

Double-crested Cormorant

EOS 1DX
Canon 500 mm f4L IS II
1/250
f/4

Click, very nice image from one of this sites few gentlemen (and I don't include myself!), well done.

 

[Click]

Thank you very much, Sir. I really appreciate your kind words.

 

[mdmphoto]

Mdmphoto
I used to have the Tamron 150-600mm, and it wasn't as good as the 100-400mm II + 1.4xTC. I recently compared the Sigma C and Sigma S 150-600mm at 600mm with the 100-400mm II + TC and found the Sigmas to be excellent and of similar IQ and resolution. On the other hand, the Canon 100-400mm II appears to be very consistent and is a safer bet to buy unseen. According to lensrentals latest spurt of testing lens variation, the new Canon lenses are exceptionally consistent.

Thanks again: My buddy did let me shoot the 100-400 II w/o the tc, on his 7D II before I bought mine, and I was wowed by the iq - of course the birds were close enough that the tc wasn't really needed, but my eyes were opened. Of course, that also puts me in a position to have to save up for even more bucks to get the 100-400 AND the tc, but it'll also be a good way to curb my impulsiveness around new camera stuff....

7D II, ef100-400 II:

 

[dpc]

Red-breasted nuthatch hanging around my shed.