Chickadee...

[Paul Lagasi]

Today we finally got some sun...I got out with my new body, 300mm with 1.4tc, wanting to see if it worked better than on my D300..wow..is all I can say.
I've never been able to get this kind on sharpness with any teleconverter on any lens...
This little Chickadee is my first bird photographed with this camera, the background of fall leaves....

D700
300mm 2.8 w 1.4tc @ 410mm
1/1000
f4.5
handheld
iso-800
I frame all my images..

[Andrew Merwin]

Beautiful BG. It is sharp & well exposed with detail in both the whites & blacks. What was your EC?

[RAM MALLYA]

Lovely bird and a sharp image with great BG . The tail should have been in focus selecting a higher Aperture value .

[christopher galeski]

nice shot,great BG,sharp and nice pose,agree about the tail.thanks.

[Paul Lagasi]

Thanks for comments....
Andrew no EC - compensation used, this is a new body.
After reading Ken Rockwells "Guide to D700" online, I was trying the various functions, White Balance preset "d-1", it adjusts the white balance to a preset/saved setting, just experimenting but I liked the resulting colors...
Ram..I agree about the tail, but lower shutter speed not much of an option...using a 420mm lens on chickadees, you need at least 1/800, these little guys are fast and always moving

[Daniel Cadieux]

Sweet image Paul. I love the BG, and I'm OK with the OOF tail...everything that needs to be in focus is.

Sounds like you've found the right gear for you! Happy fiddling with the new toy...:)

[Sidharth Kodikal]

Paul, this is beautiful. The exposure and sharpness is wonderful. Really really like the bg too. Wish for more DOF for the tail, but would be very happy with this one too.

[annmpacheco]

Sweet, such sharpness! Never knew there were such long whispy feathers on top of their legs. Congrats on your new body