Large Birds in Flight
Posted on May 22nd, 2009Filed Under: Birds
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Granted, these photos aren’t the greatest actions shots of larger birds in flight, but they don’t look too bad in my opinion.
I still don’t think they aren’t that bad for being shot with my EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS lens and then cropped using Adobe Lightroom. There is some noise that is noticeable (to me anyway) [...]
Granted, these photos aren’t the greatest actions shots of larger birds in flight, but they don’t look too bad in my opinion.
I still don’t think they aren’t that bad for being shot with my EF 70-200mm f2.8L IS lens and then cropped using Adobe Lightroom. There is some noise that is noticeable (to me anyway) which is odd for being shot at ISO200. I am curious how my photos would turn out if I had myself a EF 100-400mm f4.5-5.6L IS lens. If only I could afford more gear!
I am definitely bringing my camera gear with us on our 2-week vacation to Vancouver Island in late June. We’ll be camping 2 nights in Tofino, then 7 nights at the cabin on Hornby Island and then 4 nights in the city of Victoria. Either way it will be fun and I am sure I will have a lot of photos to share! Until then, I’m going to try and get out in the sun as much as possible with my camera!
May 22nd, 2009 at 1:28 pm
You could look into a 2x teleconvertor. The Canon ones and Sigma’s higher end ones do marvelous things for 70-200mm lenses.
May 22nd, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Yea, I’ve seen the Canon 2.0x sell for around $400. A used on on Craiglist for $375. I haven’t looked at Sigma’s but Tamron also has higher end extenders too. I borrowed one from a buddy a few weeks back and loved it! Not much IQ loss on the photos either.
May 23rd, 2009 at 5:19 am
If you are looking at the 100-400 lens, beware that the 2x converter DOES NOT allow the AF to function. This is pretty much the only lens that the 2x converter doesn’t work on. It fits and you can manual focus but if you rely on AF, it will not work. Just a word of advise.
BTW, i do really like the 100-400 for outside/nature shots. Its really heavy but worth it for the distance you get.
June 16th, 2009 at 11:36 am
I have to say that your blog is pretty cool. If you could add a few more videos I would really appreciate it!
June 16th, 2009 at 11:51 am
@RobbShirey – I heard if you tape the pins on the TC it will allow for AF. I read that you can do that with the 1.4x anyway. Though anything below f5.6 wont auto-focus.