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    Hi All,

    This image was take at Provo Bay, Utah just after sunset.

    The light was really low and I had to raise the ISO, I wish I could had higher shutter speed.

    With high ISO I wanted to get the exposure as far to the right as I could.

    If I had the same opportunity again, I would have tried with fill Flash.


    Nikon D500, 500mm f/4 + 1.7x TC II
    ISO 3200, f/6.7, 1/160 sec
    Manual Mode, Matrix Metering


    Let me know your comments

    Thanks for watching

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    Krishna:

    I like the composition, pose, shooting angle, soft background.

    I shoot a D500 as well, and don't generally like to push the ISO that high. But looking at your numbers, you had no choice

    Fill flash would absolutely been a significant benefit. Getting just the right balance on a moving target can be a bit of challenge, but worth the effort.

    What do you think about your results with the TC 1.7? I have one that I used to use occ. on the 500 AFS, but for me it needed to be f/8 or higher to get acceptable quality, and I rarely have enough light shooting loons to do that.

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    Hi Randy,

    Thank you for the comments. I rarely push the ISO this far expect for silhouettes.

    I like 1.7xTCII , we cannot use it much for Action as the AF is not that great it tends to hunt quite a bit. But for Perches Birds I often use it as birds are very skittish in Utah ( at-least thats what I think ).

    I like the image quality for 1.7x TCII as well, I do not stop down.

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    I like this image a lot. I think the white is handled well and the black has a lot of fine feather details. Very well done!

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    Love the low angle and the dreamy smooth FG and BG Krishna, I wouldn't mind seeing. more details on the bird but given the low light and slow shutter speed there wasn't much you could do. TFS
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    Nice low angle with a good pose on the bird.

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    This is sweet. My kind of dreamy light and the bird shows well enough that it works. I'd love a shot like this of any type of shorebird. I only have them of Greater Yellowlegs but will try for more this year.

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    Thank you all for the comments

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