I would go with the colour. A couple of other points to think about. You appear to have some blown highlights that in my view catch the eye. A border around the black image may also help.
If you could stretch to a D850 that would be my recommendation. I shoot mainly wildlife and always used my D500 until I bought the D850. Initially I bought for landscape photography, but I now use it for everything. It’s my go to camera. The D500 is a great camera, but the D850 is on another level. With the march to mirrorless cameras there are some good deals around. Just a thought, but if you do end up getting a D500 you won’t regret it.
As a lot of others have said the Fuji image is oversaturated. I have a Leica Q along with my main Nikon gear and an Olympus. I love all my camera gear, but the Leica is the most fun to use. It’s so tactile and the controls feel really old school. Zone focusing is so easy for street photography and the fixed 28mm lens really gets you thinking about shot composition.
Try the 500pf. You can carry it around all day. Much lighter than the 200-500 and gives great results.
I had a D7200 that I replaced with a D500. Big step up. Last year I bought a D850. Stellar camera. Hardly use my D500. The D7200 is a great camera, but the D850 is one of the best Nikon’s ever.
Always on my camera. Great lens.
If you want the lens for bird photography you will find that you are always shooting at the 500mm end of the lens so just buy the 500PF. I have not used my 200-500 since I got the 500.
Having recently purchased a Capture One Pro 20 Licence for Nikon can anyone tell me what I will be missing if I do not purchase a copy of the New Capture 21. There seems to be scant detail of what it will do and how it improves on Pro 20. All I know is that it will cost me the same as the original licence.
Just don’t over season as then the food is not so good.
I have no problems in tidying up a picture and removing some unwanted objects, say a litter bin or a tree branch that obstructs an image, but replacing a bland sky with a cloudy sky is a step too far for me.
It’s probably Nikon’s best value lens for the money. I was finding it a bit heavy for a long hike a so have moved over the the PF options. However, you cannot go far wrong with the 200-500 and you get more flexibility over focal length compared with the primes. That said, you will probably find most of your shots are taken at 500mn
What shutter speed are you using. For bif you need to use 1/3200 plus to get a sharp image. I do sometimes shoot on lower shutter speeds to keep iso down if I’m on auto iso, but I find it’s very hit and miss on getting a sharp image below 1/2500 and the keeper rate at 1/1600 is very low for me.
For the money I think the Tamron is a cracking good lens. It’s much lighter too. In all honesty I cannot say the pics I took with the 80-400 are any better and if you are thinking about the older version of the 80-400 then I would definitely say the Tamron. The calibration my partner had done calibrated the lens at all focal lengths. Worth the cost.
I used the newer version of the lens on a trip to Costa Rica and was really impressed with the results. However, I would add that my partner used a Tamron 80-400 on a D7200 and the results were very impressive. Birds in flight, hummingbirds etc. were no problem in terms of locking focus and getting sharp pics. The lens was calibrated to the camera so not sure how much difference this made to the results in terms of sharpness.
I have had a D500 for a few years and love it, but always wondered about going down the FF route. Recently I took the plunge and bought a D850. I now shoot the D850 most of the time. I still occasionally use the D500, but my D850 is now my go to camera.