Blue Heron: I was looking for this Heron for a few weeks, and I was finally there at the right time. I had my Sigma 150-600 Sport and 1.4 TC, on a Nest gimbal head.

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Blue Heron

Jun 11, 2016 10:01:23 #

wolfman

I was looking for this Heron for a few weeks, and I was finally there at the right time. I had my Sigma 150-600 Sport and 1.4 TC, on a Nest gimbal head.

550mm, f/9, ISO1600, 1/1600sec.

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550mm, f/9, ISO1600, 1/2500sec.

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Jun 12, 2016 02:20:41 #

Bear2 Loc: Southeast,, MI

Absolutely georgeous!!!

Duane

Jun 12, 2016 09:44:36 #

zaidy

wolfman wrote:

I was looking for this Heron for a few weeks, and I was finally there at the right time. I had my Sigma 150-600 Sport and 1.4 TC, on a Nest gimbal head.

Thanks for the excellent pictures wolfman. I like taking pictures of BIF, but in my limited experience I didn't use so high ISO settings. Did you have an issue with the noise in PP?
Thanks

Jun 12, 2016 11:56:36 #

wolfman

Bear2 wrote:

Absolutely georgeous!!!

Duane

Thank you, Duane.

Jun 12, 2016 12:11:50 #

wolfman

zaidy wrote:

Thanks for the excellent pictures wolfman. I like taking pictures of BIF, but in my limited experience I didn't use so high ISO settings. Did you have an issue with the noise in PP?
Thanks

Thank you , zaidy.

With the combination that I was using, at aperture f/9, it required a higher ISO setting to maintain a fast shutter speed for BIF.
I use DxO Optics Pro Elite Edition for noise reduction of the raw image, and then LR for further processing. DxO does an excellent job without destruction of the detail in the image.

Jun 12, 2016 15:39:22 #

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

wolfman wrote:

You are also using FF D8XX - correct ? F9 is helping the image also. Still, quite GOOD considering the distance !

Jun 12, 2016 18:08:13 #

zaidy

[quote=wolfman]Thank you , zaidy.

Thank you, wolfman

Jun 12, 2016 21:14:46 #

wolfman

imagemeister wrote:

You are also using FF D8XX - correct ? F9 is helping the image also. Still, quite GOOD considering the distance !

Thanks, imagemeister.

Yes, a D810. Actually, this is only my second time out shooting BIF, and the first time trying out the TC. With the TC I have been able to auto focus as wide as f/7.1, but shot these in aperture priority.

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