A shot of a Great Grey Owl at the Hawk Conservancy in pretty poor light, taken this afternoon, as i get used to the 1DMKIII and its fantastic high ISO performance. the AF also seems to be very good after the sub mirror fix and using the new 1.3 firmware.
I have some in flight shots that i will post over the coming days but i am very pleased with the camera overall.
John
This is such a wonderful pose.....it reminds me of a glamor pose. At ISO 3200 I'm really impressed. Are you hand holding the 500mmL or using a tripod? As much as I love this image, I want more DOF. With 1/1000th ss I was just wondering if you could have increased the DOF.
A lovely portrait John of this magnificant owl. I think the soft lighting provided by the "poor light" has worked very well here. I would have liked a little more DOF so the other eye was as sharp as the right one. But nice image!
Thanks for the positive comments, the problem i think i have is I concentrate so much on trying to get sharp in flight images that whatever lens I shoot with (and its mainly the 500mm) I use wide open so as to get the fastest shutter speed I can. So when a portrait presents itself I never seem to think about dropping the shutter speed to go for greater depth of field :o
I shoot with the lens handheld for 90% of the time but have a Gitzo tripod, Kirk BH1 ball head & Wimberley Sidekick for if i am staying in 1 place.
For the shots of falcons etc that are wheeling and diving at fairly close range I have found the Wimberley too restrictive, and I get more birds in the frame using it handheld.
If the opportunity presents itself again i will try for a greater depth of field.
Great Grey Owl
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