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Love the OOF water BG, the late light right in the face and the prey item. Only wish for more on the bottom. TFS
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Hi David. The original image had more at the bottom, but I cropped closer to cut the boulders/rocks...as I found them distracting. I might take a look at the raw file again and leave more at the bottom. Cheers.
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Lovely lighting on this bird. Lots of detail in the white feathers. The eagle eyed look and the prey item really add to the image. A bit more at the bottom and a view of the feet would have been nice.TFS
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I like the shrimp and the HA, the light angle was not the best leaving shadows and the bird doesn't have any fine feather details from here and it's a bit too tight in the btm
TFS
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Nice view of the prey and i like the water. I prefer the original.
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The off-angled light created several problems here ... The bill color needs to be toned down. Moving way left and using a borrowed long lens with a TC would have helped :)
with love, arite
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Thanks John...I guess the rocks are not such a distraction for some.
Artie: No lens rental places here with the right lens. The D850+500PF is looking like a combo I may be serious about.
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Understood Paul. I was mostly joshing :) The 500 PF with the TC-14E will get you to 700m with slow and sometimes balky AF. But super-sharp at 700mm, and at times, good for flight ... I love that combo and the image quality is fabulous. There is however, a new kid on the block: SONY. I mention it briefly and it will be the subject of many blog posts in the next week or two.
with love, artie
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Hi Artie...I figured you were joshing :)...but I am well aware of the limitations of my gear...the 7Dii+100-400 meets my needs for perched birds, but bif is another issue. I don't really want to get rid of my Canon gear (7Dii, 6D, 100-400, 70-200f4, 24-70f4, 16-35f4, 50mmSTM, 100mm macro, MPE macro, MT24EX twin light, 580EX flash) and trade/sell to get the D850+500mm. I think just getting the D850+500mm PF would be a better deal and keep my Canon gear. I also do landscape and am happy with the 6D here...although the D850 would perhaps be better than the 6D...but then I'd need Nikon lenses. Now you say that the 500PF+TC has AF limitations (not with the combo minus TC I assume) and Sony is to be considered...my brain is going to explode...lol I'll follow the blog posts. Cheers.
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Got it Paul/ Over the years I have seen some really good flight shots with the 7D II ...
with love, artie
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Artie: lol. I think the D850+500mmPF would be a good investment for perched and particularly BIF as an upgrade from the 7Dii and 100-400, but will follow your blog on Sony gear. Thanks for the info.
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