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[Jack Douglas]

reef58, that's really cute. Can't remember the last time I've seen a robin pulling a worm and we have many robins.

Jack

 

[Click]

Nice pictures, reef58.

 

[ISv]

Still haven't done any serious work with the 500. Taking a break from work and well as the say the early bird:

Good catch reef58 (I mean the action off course), good catch for the robin too !

 

[ISv]

I was lucky to get this plover in action too...
"And the life is goood after that " - for the plover I mean, but I was also happy!
Sorry for the messy background - at that time I was still learning what are the restrictions of my new lens... (and my mistake - f9 ?!)On the third pic it looks kind of better but still not there.

 

[Valvebounce]

Hi ISv.
Very nice shots, I really like the first shot for the action, and I don’t think a little bit too much DOF is as harmful as a little bit too little DOF.
The third shot is very nice looking straight at you by looking away.

Cheers, Graham

I was lucky to get this plover in action too...
"And the life is goood after that " - for the plover I mean, but I was also happy!
Sorry for the messy background - at that time I was still learning what are the restrictions of my new lens... (and my mistake - f9 ?!)On the third pic it looks kind of better but still not there.

 

[ISv]

"...I don’t think a little bit too much DOF is as harmful as a little bit too little DOF."

Thanks Graham!
I think I know what you mean! Before I starting to mess with the birds I was taking photos to document the presence of something else on the islands. And DOF was very important - giving more info about more points of the object and also (important!) the background - this was making the identification little bit easier... Well, now imagine all photos at physical aperture 32 (the effective was different - according to the magnification - or if you prefer, according to the distance to the object).
But in this case it was not necessary, I could go, especially on the first shot (hey, the bird is nearly perpendicular to me - it was collaborating!) to 5.6 (and that is the all for my lens )! My mistake, call it what you want...
Anyway - thanks for the kind words, sometimes words like these are more productive than naked criticism!

.

 

[reef58]

Thanks all. Still learning to work with the beast of a lens.

 

[Click]

I was lucky to get this plover in action too...
"And the life is goood after that " - for the plover I mean, but I was also happy!
Sorry for the messy background - at that time I was still learning what are the restrictions of my new lens... (and my mistake - f9 ?!)On the third pic it looks kind of better but still not there.

Nice series. I especially like the 3rd shot.

 

[reef58]

I am just too excited about this lens. I bought it for mammals, but have been having some fun in the backyard. This is a heavily cropped jpeg straight out of DPP no processing other than what is built in. I shoot raw to card one and jpeg to card 2.

 

[Click]

Nice shot, reef58.

 

[AlanF]

A peregrine was perched high up on a church in the centre of town. He couldn't escape 800mm of DO on my 5DIV. The church railings mad an excellent monopod.

 

[Click]

Very nice pictures, Alan.

 

[Jack Douglas]

Very nice pictures, Alan.

+1 I like the wing spread.

Jack

 

[AlanF]

Thanks Click and Jack. The clear blue sky is great for us in winter!

 

[Talys]

@AlanF - Beautiful shots of a beautiful falcon! 8)

 

[Jack Douglas]

Sunny day with a little flash fill.

Jack

 

[ISv]

@AlanF - Beautiful shots of a beautiful falcon! 8)

+1!

 

[ISv]

Sunny day with a little flash fill.

Jack

Very nice one Jack, is it siting on the clouds or on the snow ?

 

[AlanF]

Sunny day with a little flash fill.

Jack

Very nice one Jack, is it siting on the clouds or on the snow ?

+1 Surreal!

 

[yjchua95]

Tamron 70-300 VC USD and 6D Mark II. Shot in Malaysia.