I got up too early yesterday morning (4:20 am) and spent New Year's Day at the Bosque with a couple of friends (including BPNer Keith Bauer). It was seriously cold (single digit temperatures with a bit of a breeze) but we had a great time anyhow! This was my first day in the field with good light and the new 1.4x III. It performed well but wasn't a noticeable improvement over the 1.4x II (this impression matches the one I came to when doing controlled comparisons of the two TCs at home). The ducks at Bosque are quite skittish and I was happy that when this male flew, he chose a flight path across a great BG that produced a few good frames for me. I tried to keep this image true to the RAW file; processing including a small saturation boost, some exposure adjustments, NR, and sharpening.
Canon 1D Mark IV, 600mm + 1.4x, f/7.1, 1/2000, ISO 400, manual exposure, hand held







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