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May 2, 2020 20:01:18 #
Wow, Carol. Nice!. I've been trying to get a Reddish Egret for years. And the rest of them aren't bad either. Why do you think you need to use a converter?
May 2, 2020 21:05:45 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Wow, Carol. Nice!. I've been trying to get a Reddish Egret for years. And the rest of them aren't bad either. Why do you think you need to use a converter?
Thank you! Merritt Island is the only place I’ve seen the Reddish. I don’t always use the TC but it gives me the reach I need. Sometimes the birds are close but usually they are at a pretty great distance. Before this set up I used a Tamron 150-600. I had problems with it and went with the Nikon lens instead but I didn’t want to give up the reach.
May 2, 2020 21:38:33 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Thank you! Merritt Island is the only place I’ve seen the Reddish. I don’t always use the TC but it gives me the reach I need. Sometimes the birds are close but usually they are at a pretty great distance. Before this set up I used a Tamron 150-600. I had problems with it and went with the Nikon lens instead but I didn’t want to give up the reach.
Okay, that makes sense. I use the Nikon 200~500 too. But I use it on the D850. I have found that the 46mp sensor on the 850 lets me crop when I need to and get very nice results, even on huge crops most of the time.
I do have a D500 and I use it with the 200~500 when I anticipate getting birds in flight. The 10 frames per second helps very much to be able to pick out the best frames in a fast sequence.
Personally, I just can't get past the disadvantages of adding foreign pieces of glass between the camera and the subject (kind of like photographing through the kitchen window) when I can get better results cropping a frame from the D850.
Just food for thought, I'm certainly not suggesting that you change the way you do things if they work for you.
ps. I had one of the early 200~500 Tamrons several years ago. It was pretty good but soft toward 500mm. I bought the Nikon and gave the Tamron to a sister-in-law and have never looked back.
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May 3, 2020 02:22:14 #
Paul Diamond
Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA
Congrats on your excellent set. I especially like the bird executioner you included. Keep up the good work and keep taking pictures.
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May 3, 2020 07:57:34 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Okay, that makes sense. I use the Nikon 200~500 to... (show quote)
I don’t try to do birds in flight. I’m not strong enough to hand hold with a big lens. However, I have the Nikon 1.4 TC that goes very well with the 200-500 and I am not unhappy with the results. That said, I am planning to experiment more with the big lens on the D850. At some point I’ll share the results.
May 3, 2020 07:58:57 #
Paul Diamond wrote:
Congrats on your excellent set. I especially like the bird executioner you included. Keep up the good work and keep taking pictures.
Thank you, Paul! The executioners are plentiful in that area. Some are really big!
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May 3, 2020 07:59:57 #
nimbushopper wrote:
Nice variety Carol, you had a good shoot!
I did and thank you, Gary. I enjoy being there even if I don’t have any luck but this day was good.
May 3, 2020 08:02:04 #
Cwilson341 wrote:
Just over a week ago, we went to Merritt Island to see what was happening with the birds. By late April they have usually thinned out. There were no big flocks of birds but I was fortunate to see a great variety. It was a truly beautiful and rewarding day!
Excellent set of images Carol
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yssirk123 wrote:
Beautiful images Carol - looks like you had a great day!
Thank you, Bill! It was a very good day.
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