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Long-billed Corella
Canon EOS 6D Mark II
Lens: Sigma AF 400mm F5.6 APO HSM
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Appreciated! The bird is sitting under a huge tree and sat long enough for me to get a nice angle with the sun coming through the leaves. I've never seen a Eastern Wood-Pewee in our area, they are pretty little birds.
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A Snowy Egret fishing while it was raining.
High FPS Footage of a Snowy Egret fishing.
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Cedar Waxwing posed for several minutes along the Poudre River today.
R6mII, RF800, DxoPL7
R6mII, RF800, DxoPL7
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These are from my another (4-5 in row?) trip in search for more Grassquids.
1-2: funny molting juvenile White-rumped Shama and it's mom
3: adult Zebra Dove feeding 4 nasty immature
4-6: adult and immature Red-crested cardinal
1-2: funny molting juvenile White-rumped Shama and it's mom
3: adult Zebra Dove feeding 4 nasty immature
4-6: adult and immature Red-crested cardinal
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Thanks Click! It seems I will go there many more times: the Yellow-faced Grassquid are feeding low in tall grass and very difficult to spot (even if they are present). They have also very quiet call and song (on other hand pretty distinct) so, it's kind of hard.Another very nice series, ISv.
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Given your recent post in the 200-800mm testing thread, what percentage were absolutely tack sharp?
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I was a little surprised that picked up the response it did. I thought it was pretty much a given that the AF of the non-L 200-800 was not on par with L glass like the 100-500, EF 500 II, etc and that it does better with more light. My point was how happy I am with the lens and how much use I am getting out of it.
This may not be the best dataset for comparison as I dropped my shutter to ~1/200th. This was intentional as I hoped to get the HB hovering and wanted a good amount of wing blur. The perched images were me simply taking what was provided. I did not get a hovering shot. But, knowing that a good portion of the OoF images is due to the shutter speed, I kept 40 of the original 172 images. Most of those 40 are tack sharp (not all) and most of the images I deleted where in the original culling getting rid of OoF images (but some where redundant). That is ~2+ stops I was counting on IS, which I have done successfully, and it was a mostly cloudy late afternoon (~EV 9.7 based on my typical settings of 1/200, f/9, ISO 2000).
With more light, even at 1/200th shutter speed, I would have expected a better hit rate. But a combination of low shutter speed and lowish light, my keeper rate was ~1 in 4.3. But again, I am not complaining as this is still better than I did with older gear and just 4-5 years ago before eye-detect AF.
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Thanks. 1/200s is too slow in my experience for really sharp shots of small birds.
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