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Following this Loggerhead Shrike in hopes it would find something to eat but instead it seemed fairly content to sit on this dead stem and pose. Stayed with it through the late afternoon light and even after the sun finally dropped behind the horizon.
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R5 600 II w/1.4X 1/50 : f/9 : ISO 800
I wouldn't complain if it was staying in front of me like that. Great shot!
 
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By coincidence, we went for a cycle ride this evening in a short break in the gloom as the sun came out a half an hour before sunset, and I saw my first Great Crested Grebes of the season and they were beginning to start a courtship ritual. They were probably further away than yours, but the tiny crops made an animated gif. Taken on the R5 + 400mm DO II + 1.4xTC.

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Nice! A prime apparently keeps more detail with the converter. Here's another shot that I cropped to 2400x1600 px (clickable). The birds were inside the AF dot in the EVF. Looks like your birds were closer than mine.
 
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AlanF

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Nice! A prime apparently keeps more detail with the converter. Here's another shot that I cropped to 2400x1600 px (clickable). The birds were inside the AF dot in the EVF. Looks like your birds were closer than mine.
Here's a whole frame downsized to 2048px wide to fit in. The two GCGs are on the right of the small island, which has a dozen or so Snipe, Lapwing, Teal and Mallards. This is a new artifical lake in the middle of a new nature park in a housing development. It's been colonised very rapidly. The 100-400mm II bare is pretty close to the 400mm DO II prime in terms of IQ. You see the difference when you use TCs. The 1.4xTC on the zoom is very good and the 2x OK, but they are significantly better on the prime, especially the 2x. Here also is one of the crops that was used in making the animated gif.



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Here's a whole frame downsized to 2048px wide to fit in. The two GCGs are on the right of the small island, which has a dozen or so Snipe, Lapwing, Teal and Mallards. This is a new artifical lake in the middle of a new nature park in a housing development. It's been colonised very rapidly. The 100-400mm II bare is pretty close to the 400mm DO II prime in terms of IQ. You see the difference when you use TCs. The 1.4xTC on the zoom is very good and the 2x OK, but they are significantly better on the prime, especially the 2x. Here also is one of the crops that was used in making the animated gif.



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Now that the site is back, here's a full frame (camera jpeg) also downsized to 2048 px. Approximately the same distance, I'd say.
 
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The birds are beginning to appear here and it's giving me a chance to test the 1.4xTC on the 100-500mm and R5. These are some crops of Snipe, Lapwing and Great Crested Grebe far away. They needed a sharpening and contrast boost, but 700mm f/10 is very acceptable. I'd like to test the 800 f/11, but I have too many telephotos.

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