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This is a new one for me, thought i'd share it since it's such a beautiful bird.

Shot with Canon 7d, Canon 300/2.8 and 2x Extender

1/800, f/6.3, ISO 400, EV +1/3



50% Crop



1/400, f/5.6, ISO 400, EV +1/3

 
Beautiful! I see the 300f/2.8IS works extremely well with TC2x. Have you ever tried to add an additional TC1.4x between them and the 7D? Would be great to hear from your experience regarding IQ of such a combo.

Again, nice bird and shots you did. Can you tell what's the location finding this bird as well? Cheers
 
Thanks, I found him at the Western Treatment Plant outside of Melbourne. They migrate here from Tasmania for autumn so hopefully i'll see a few more.

I have tried stacking the Canon 2x TC and Kenko 1.4x TC but it's incredibly frustrating to use especially since I never use a tripod.
You get some autofocus but it's very picky about locking on.
I've only tried it twice, this being the only decent shot I ever got out of it:



IQ seems alright but it is taking up pretty much the entire frame. I don't think it's worth the hassle, much less trouble just to crop a 2x TC shot.
 
Guess you are right as the resolution of the 300f/2.8IS+TC2x easily outperforms the same combo with a TC1.4x added, it's better just to crop make use of the AF rather than relying on manual focusing. Cheers
 
Do you mind sharing your processing technique. These shots are beautiful and we could all learn something :)

At ISO 400 there's little to no noise in your bokeh area and these are stunningly sharp and clean. Any advice would help :)

Beautiful shots.
 
Sure thing.

First I adjust the RGB contrast and levels a bit in the Canon DPP software but keep sharpening at 0.

Then I transfer it to Photoshop and cut out the bird to put it on a second layer.

I then use Noise Ninja to get rid of any noise on the background layer and then apply a few unsharpen masks to the bird layer. I do that pretty liberally since even if it seems grainy in Photoshop I find they look very different when converted to JPG.
 
Here's the first one with PP:



Here's the second one without any sharpening or noise reduction:



and with some sharpening and noise reduction:

 
I think your photography skills are as stunning as the Bird... Very very nice!! Please share more of your art with us.....

Bill
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These are with the Canon 2x TC





This one is with the Kenko 1.4x TC



And this is the 300/2.8 by itself:



I know a lot of people think the 500/4 is the best lens for birds but for me the 300/2.8 is just fantastic. It's not so heavy that I need a tripod and if I don't need that much focal length I can just take off the teleconverters.
 
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