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Nasos Kosmas · « **Reply #1080 on:** February 08, 2022, 00:03:38 »

Nice bird!
You may be right after a search for the Greek name I found to be a buteo buteo so it’s a buzzard
My little, light and quiet z50 is not good for BIF but it’s not easy for me to go back to DSLR

I do many shots with a few keepers

300pf + 1.4x it’s a nice combination but I use 200-500 for reach

I attach the full crop frame shots for reference

Nasos Kosmas · « **Reply #1081 on:** February 08, 2022, 08:04:48 »

Quote from: ColinM on February 07, 2022, 23:06:07

I watched some Red Kites Wheeling & swooping in the high winds on Sunday
Though I was closer than I've managed on many occasions, the ratio of keepers wasn't very high.
This is a crop of about a quarter of the frame, D500 300mm PF & TC14 bright direct winter sunlight

I think I need some more time practicing technique when the birds are almost directly above me & moving fast.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome

That’s my problem I always thing that the bird is near and OK to shot but later I discover the opposite

I also need practicing for Birds in flight, my technique simply not exist

ColinM · « **Reply #1082 on:** February 08, 2022, 08:31:36 »

Quote from: Nasos Kosmas on February 08, 2022, 00:03:38

300pf + 1.4x it’s a nice combination but I use 200-500 for reach

I understand and believe you're correct. Its not the latest version of the TC

Before this summer, I plan to rent the 500mm PF (ill never be able to afford to buy one)
I also want to try the 200-500 as I've seen so much good work with it.
However, I believe the zoom option adds more weight, also I don't know how often I'd use the 200mm end of the range.

Quote from: Nasos Kosmas on February 08, 2022, 00:03:38

I attach the full crop frame shots for reference

Thanks
Actually this is an example of the drawbacks of cropping.
The view of the buzzard in flight looks pretty good initially, but when you zoom in, you can see details are not (quite) as sharp as they could be.

After experimentation I've changed to AF Area Mode: Dynamic Area (25 points) for my BIF as I realised I wasn't able to keep them in the centre of the frame accurately enough when in flight.
Despite shooting at 1/1250 and using f6.3 to get the best out of the TC combination, most of my shots on Sunday lack critical detail.

The EXIF readout says
"AF-C, at 32m, with a depth of field of about 1.4m, (from about 69cm before the focus point to about 72cm after)"
This bird was gliding. I wonder if my unsharp other shots (with more unpredictable flight) were just the AF just not being able to lock in accurately?

Ethan · « **Reply #1083 on:** February 08, 2022, 10:09:57 »

“The early bird gets the first woman, but the wisest bird gets the fastest one.”
Matshona Dhliwayo (paraphrased)

Nasos Kosmas · « **Reply #1084 on:** February 08, 2022, 18:54:04 »

Nice “bird” Ethan

Colin which exit data program you use? I checked exif data from Z50 and distance data was zero

ColinM · « **Reply #1085 on:** February 08, 2022, 20:33:11 »

Quote from: Nasos Kosmas on February 08, 2022, 18:54:04

Colin which exit data program you use? I checked exif data from Z50 and distance data was zero

I haven't used a locally installed EXIF reader for years.
This time I just used the first online one that came up on Google

Jeffrey's Image Metadata Viewer
http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi

I don't know how reliable it is. There was an intriguing section about depth of field which I wasn't expecting

ColinM · « **Reply #1086 on:** February 10, 2022, 16:42:00 »

Here are a few more, now I've had a chance to go through them
Including a British Buzzard, to say hello to the one Nasos posted

This was an interesting exercise in using NX Studio (I'm still learning the menus) and dealing with high contrast in the originals

Nasos Kosmas · « **Reply #1087 on:** February 10, 2022, 23:27:57 »

Nice buzzard Colin! And you pull out colors, it’s nice like this

Today I tried out 300pf + 2x on z50 in the field and I was amazed

I had the chance to meet a Falco naumanni that was standing up and made some shots from 30-40m away, that was the distance that the bird allow me to approach two times
The drawback is that the system is very slow for BIF

Phoenicurus ochruros Also pose for me multiple times

My 200-500 will stay home for long