BillinTexas wrote:
Wonderful. Mine is supposed to ship Friday.
Thank you and you will enjoy that lens, Bill!
Douglas L wrote:
Agree, Joshua. Fantastic shots! I used my 400-800 occasionally for birds when it's bright enough. When it's not bright enough, I just don't use it. If the background is far enough from the subject, even F8 can make decent bokeh. But when the background isn't far enough from the subject, nothing beats the buttery smooth bokeh a 600mm F4 makes. It's really a matter of tradeoff/priority.
I am heading down to Florida next week for an airshow at sunset, I will use the 300 GM+1.4X TC or 2X TC. The 400-800 simply is not suitable for that kind of light while shooting as fast shutter speed. I am not a fan of ISO 20000. ...Show more →
Thank you, Doug! I agree, I am not a fan of extremely high ISO settings, as well. But, I admit, that with the advancement of noise reduction features/software, they are more bareable alright. Enjoy the airshow and we are enjoying your wonderful images here 😎!
One more large painting with close-ups to see the details. I've found many discoveries taking close-ups of these types of paintings when seeing them enlarged on the screen at home. This one was painted by Daniel Seghers and Domenico Zampieri sometime around 1625. Louvre, Paris. 35GM. First image is the full painting.
AGeoJO wrote:
Thank you and you will enjoy that lens, Bill!
Thank you, Doug! I agree, I am not a fan of extremely high ISO settings, as well. But, I admit, that with the advancement of noise reduction features/software, they are more bareable alright. Enjoy the airshow and we are enjoying your wonderful images here 😎!
Somewhere in West Java using a lowly zoom lens (for portrait, that is)...
Beautiful setting and model, Joshua!
I did use the 400-800 yesterday for some osprey shots, along with the 300GM+2X TC. It was 12:00-4;30, sunny condition. Light wasn't a problem for the 400-800.
mudlake wrote:
One more large painting with close-ups to see the details. I've found many discoveries taking close-ups of these types of paintings when seeing them enlarged on the screen at home. This one was painted by Daniel Seghers and Domenico Zampieri sometime around 1625. Louvre, Paris. 35GM. First image is the full painting.
Thanks for an excellent, purposeful and very well prepared post. I lingered on it...
mudlake wrote:
One more large painting with close-ups to see the details. I've found many discoveries taking close-ups of these types of paintings when seeing them enlarged on the screen at home. This one was painted by Daniel Seghers and Domenico Zampieri sometime around 1625. Louvre, Paris. 35GM. First image is the full painting.
I love this series, Eric! It’s a great way to interact with a painting.
Gorgeous light, Ed! I will shoot shooting spoonbills Wed. morning before heading to Lakeland for the Sun n Fun airshow at sunset. Total driving time round trip is around 28 hours, for about 5 hours fun. I really want to photograph the F-22 demo at sunset, never done that before. There will be several unique airplanes at the show that I have never seen before. I hope it's worth the trip.
Douglas L wrote:
Gorgeous light, Ed! I will shoot shooting spoonbills Wed. morning before heading to Lakeland for the Sun n Fun airshow at sunset. Total driving time round trip is around 28 hours, for about 5 hours fun. I really want to photograph the F-22 demo at sunset, never done that before. There will be several unique airplanes at the show that I have never seen before. I hope it's worth the trip.
A few more from last Friday.
Great Osprey images Douglas. Unfortunately, I won’t be around Wednesday so I doubt our paths will cross. Keep an eye out for the Cattle Egrets when you’re there; my image came from the same location.
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