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I went out a couple of days ago and got two of the "holy grail" Wisconsin warblers. Yellow-throated and Cerulean Warblers, are less than an hour from me and only 10 minutes from each other. Made for a nice trip, since nothing has been going on In my area. Tonight the NE winds should lift and blow some new birds in. Friday should be a mega day!

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AlanF

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I went out a couple of days ago and got two of the "holy grail" Wisconsin warblers. Yellow-throated and Cerulean Warblers, are less than an hour from me and only 10 minutes from each other. Made for a nice trip, since nothing has been going on In my area. Tonight the NE winds should lift and blow some new birds in. Friday should be a mega day!

Jeremy



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Lovely shots!
 
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I went out a couple of days ago and got two of the "holy grail" Wisconsin warblers. Yellow-throated and Cerulean Warblers, are less than an hour from me and only 10 minutes from each other. Made for a nice trip, since nothing has been going on In my area. Tonight the NE winds should lift and blow some new birds in. Friday should be a mega day!

Jeremy



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Great shots and I love the Cerulean Warblers. keep them coming!
Joe
 
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Nice! They are common city birds here, but so-o-o difficult to take a decent picture. They would walk around you, but the moment they notice you're paying attention to them - they would immediately fly away.
Unfortunately they are common at too many places - very invasive...
My tactic in the beginning when I was trying to take photos of any bird around (no mater of posture, background e.t.c.) was just to seat somewhere where they were abundant (very easy to find such a place:)) with the camera prepared and shooting when they come in reasonable distance.
Now, when I'm trying to get them in better postures/background (and if I'm in mood to shoot Mynas - or if there is nothing else:)) it's more complicated: you can walk near them (just few meters of them!) and they are like "who cares!". But try to stop and point the lens! On other hand exactly because they are so abundant one is getting plenty of opportunities...
 
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AlanF

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Unfortunately they are common at too many places - very invasive...
My tactic in the beginning when I was trying to take photos of any bird around (no mater of posture, background e.t.c.) was just to seat somewhere where they were abundant (very easy to find such a place:)) with the camera prepared and shooting when they come in reasonable distance.
Now, when I'm trying to get them in better postures/background (and if I'm in mood to shoot Mynas - or if there is nothing else:)) it's more complicated: you can walk near them (just few meters of them!) and they are like "who cares!". But try to stop and point the lens! On other hand exactly because they are so abundant one is getting plenty of opportunities...
Like the photo but don't like the bird. As you say, invasive and displace native species. Fortunately, we don't have them in the UK but I often photo them when I travel.
 
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Just walking out my front door with the R5 +2xTC + 100-500mm and a Great Tit landed on a gate in front of me, 6-7m away. I just had time to fire off a few shots at iso 6400 and 1/800s. The crop had to be reduced 3x to fit the 2048px max of the site. I would much have preferred the bare lens at that distance.

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Just walking out my front door with the R5 +2xTC + 100-500mm and a Great Tit landed on a gate in front of me, 6-7m away. I just had time to fire off a few shots at iso 6400 and 1/800s. The crop had to be reduced 3x to fit the 2048px max of the site. I would much have preferred the bare lens at that distance.

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Nice Alan! now I am going to have to order the 2x LOL because IQ looks really good!
 
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Nice Alan! now I am going to have to order the 2x LOL because IQ looks really good!
I agree...I had written off the 2x and f/14 as a non-starter. Until very recently, I've struggled a bit with the 100-500 + 1.4x and f/10. To me, f/14 seemed like it would be unusable. With much persistence and the right tools, I'm now getting good results with this combo and thinking (thanks to Alan) that f/14 may not be unreasonable.

Ugh...I hear my B&H card calling me from the desk drawer. :)

One from this past weekend, ISO 5000 + DxO DeepPRIME
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ISO 12800 + DeepPRIME
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I agree...I had written off the 2x and f/14 as a non-starter. Until very recently, I've struggled a bit with the 100-500 + 1.4x and f/10. To me, f/14 seemed like it would be unusable. With much persistence and the right tools, I'm now getting good results with this combo and thinking (thanks to Alan) that f/14 may not be unreasonable.

Ugh...I hear my B&H card calling me from the desk drawer. :)

One from this past weekend, ISO 5000 + DxO DeepPRIME
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ISO 12800 + DeepPRIME
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Nice pictures, my 2x will be here next Friday hopefully :)
 
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The RF 2x is a bit of luxury with the 100-500mm. It does squeeze out perhaps 20% more resolution than the 1.4x but it's not an extender I would leave on the lens while out on a walk whereas I would with the RF 1.4x, and I could live without it. The cost in the UK is outrageous - £719 = $1000, and the B&H price is only $600. Buying one from the USA and paying full import duties etc would cost $720. So, mine is the first lens I have bought on the grey market. An extender with no moving parts/IS/AF has less to go wrong than with a complex lens and is not much of a gamble to buy though I have had a lemon once. It cost £559 = $780 with full guarantee and 14 days return from a 5*-Trustpilot seller.
For me, it got rid of any GAS for the RF 800 f/11 as it's also a lens I would not carry with me for a day's hiking but I can slip extenders into my pocket as extras.
 
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