lay low...

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

D700
300mm f/2.8 VR II with TC-20E III
600mm
ISO 3200
f/7.1 at 1/250s
Aperture Priority mode
Matrix Metering
+1.0EV
AF-C, Dynamic 9 points
Auto white balance
handheld

NR, cloning out bright spot below the tail, boost contrast, crop, sharpen and set white/black point (should have done this the first step)

Since curfew is still in place in Bangkok I kind of stuck at home. So just practice my new combo with the most common bird here, a bit lower angle this time and a little more DOF on the bird (maybe not enough?). Also tried a pano crop for this one too.

All comments and suggestions are welcome.

[Julie Brown]

Nice angle on this, Thanaboon. I like the head angle and eye contact too. Is this some kind of sparrow?

Sorry to hear of all the unrest there. Be safe!

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

Nice angle on this, Thanaboon. I like the head angle and eye contact too. Is this some kind of sparrow?

Sorry to hear of all the unrest there. Be safe!

Yes, I believe this is a Eurasian Tree Sparrow :D

[Richard Waas]

Thanaboon, nice detail and sharpness. I love the pano crop.... They say you can always find an image in your own backyard. I guess you did! Stay safe!!!!!!

[Dave Leroy]

Very nice pose and I like the nice low shooting angle.

Perhaps a bit more contrast in the bird?

Nice and sharp as well.

[Dave Mills]

Hi, The bird looks sharp which is fortunate shooting at 1/250 sec. I like the crop and the birds placement in the frame. Good, even lighting and the angle it was shot at is fine for my taste.Well handled...

[Lance Peters]

like the low shooting angle - good detail throughout.
Tad more contrast on the bird

How do you find the AF with the 300 2.8 and the new 2X converter- Noticeable slower??

[Thanaboon Jearkjirm]

like the low shooting angle - good detail throughout.
Tad more contrast on the bird

How do you find the AF with the 300 2.8 and the new 2X converter- Noticeable slower??

I never try the naked 300mm on these little sparrow, but I imagined the 2X would make the AF a bit slower. However I found the AF of 300mm with 2X to be as good as, if not better than, 70-200mm f/2.8 with 1.7X, which is good. I'm quite impress with its performance on these fast little hopper. Things starting to get back to normal here, I should be able to test this combo on BIF soon (if the gulls are still around).