[Theme] Show Birds

[Brute]

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[Kim Pilegaard]

European Greenfinch.

[ColinM]

European Greenfinch.

Beautiful bird and nicely captured Kim

[Nasos Kosmas]

Very nice Kim
Chasing small birds in the park Z 50 200-500E

[Brute]

Teal's

[elsid]

Cyanistes caeruleus

[elsid]

Garrulus glandarius

[Bent Hjarbo]

Nice birds Elias

[Nasos Kosmas]

Nice birds Elias

+1
colorful Brute

[elsid]

Thank you Bent and Nasos for your comments.

[Nasos Kosmas]

Phylloscopus collybita
1,2,3,5 Shot with afs 300/4 plus 1,7x TC on Z50
4 shot with 200-500 5.6 on Z50
The last Motacilla is a bonus

[Nasos Kosmas]

Flying away!
same setup

[ColinM]

Flying away!
same setup

Lovely image Nasos.
Great combination of detail and blur.
(That 300mm afs is still holding up well isn't it!)

[Nasos Kosmas]

Thank you Colin, yes the 300/4 is holding up
For some reason I mainly shot with this combination of lenses but the absence of VR gets the iso to 1600 for hi shutter speed so the outcome isn’t so pleasant
Nikon 200-500 has better overall IQ and VR but is heavier and bulkier
What about 300PF did you show any difference with various TCs  compared to AF-S 300?

[ColinM]

Yes, many people seem to get good results with the 200-500mm
Especially if they don't have to hand hold, or hike with it for many hours.

What about 300PF did you show any difference with various TCs  compared to AF-S 300?

I haven't done any detailed comparisons, though I have used it with a TC14.

VR may let you drop shutter speeds enough to get wing blur, but for me I've been increasing my shutter speeds in an attempt to get sharp images!

You'll know much of this already, but here's Tom's view on VR
https://www.dslrbodies.com/lenses/lens-articles/lens-technique/all-about-nikon-vr.html