Denjw
Veteran Member
Yep its a good lust to have! But even better if it comes to fruition. :-D
Good job on fantail. Lovely inquisitive little bird.
Cheers
Dennis
Good job on fantail. Lovely inquisitive little bird.
Cheers
Dennis
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A few random shots with 300mm f4 + MC14
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MarkDavo
Senior Member
Dennis,Yesterday was the first chance I had to get out of the backyard for a shoot with the new Oly 300mm f4.
Head shot of a Eastern Water Dragon cropped 1:1
Rufous Fantail cropped 75%
I find this little bird (15-16cm) difficult to photograph as it is a very active ground forager often in the shade.
It is constantly on the move fanning its tail and swinging its body. Saw this one in a gully and managed to get a few shots. This was the best one but had to use ISO 1250 to get 1/100sec shutter speed. Didn't really nail the focus because of the bird's constant movement and the low shutter speed.
The following two images are my first BIFs with the new lens. BIFs are not my forte ( but working at learning this craft). Both heavily cropped.
Swamp Harrier cropped 75%
Swamp Harrier cropped 75%
The last image is from the backyard to a neighbour's tree at about a distance of 35-40 feet.
The bird is a Red Wattlebird (honeyeater) which is about 35cm in size. Don't really like these agressive domineering birds as they chase the little honeyeaters out of the garden. Anyway it was a nice late evening light and shows up the feather detail. You can even see its tongue coming out of the end of the beak.
Red Wattlebird uncropped
Still getting used to the lens but pleased with it so far.
All images best viewed by clicking on original image and then zoom.
Cheers
Dennis
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Great shots, as everyone has agreed. Yes, the red wattlebirds are agressive, and colour conscious to boot. Every time we take our white poodle and black & tan kelpie walking over on the heavily-treed golf course in the evening, the wattlebirds are there waiting and give the kelpie absolute hell dive bombing him. There are two gates in the high fence and they wait for him to arrive and to leave. The poodle gets no similar attention. It does give me opportunities to photograph them though.
Keep posting.
Cheers Mark
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JIngrouille
Senior Member
These are amazing shots with fantastic detail.....keep em comingIt was a drizzly gray afternoon the sort of which I wouldn't be bothered going out birding in.
But took a walk to the billabong with the 300mm f4 to see what was about an came across a Darter very nicely perched. Almost got too close so I had to zoom back with my feet to get the bird in the frame.
Best viewed in Original size.
Cheers
Dennis
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Ingy
Those are some excellent images,Dennis.. This one in particular... Terrific shot!
vass
Senior Member
Some nice shots there Denjw. Seems the lens is excellent.
I will be ordering mine tommorrow, tried to hold off but a certain bird i could not get close enough too made me bite the bullet. Will be interesting to compare it to the 40-150 for BIFS and IIF (insects in flight)
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I will be ordering mine tommorrow, tried to hold off but a certain bird i could not get close enough too made me bite the bullet. Will be interesting to compare it to the 40-150 for BIFS and IIF (insects in flight)
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flacko_man
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This one was very friendly and happily sat a few metres away, which was too close for a 400mm lens.
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