[Theme] Show Birds

[Brute]

Ken very nice birds!
Finally I joined the club of the 500pf owners
Not a big change from my 200-500 but I  have better distance shots, a little higher contrast, excellent image from f 5.6 and 0,8 kg lighter
Here are some Kestrel shots with significant crop, z50

Thanks.
Nice shots of B I F.
Congratulations on the new lens. You are going to enjoy it 

[Nasos Kosmas]

Thanks.
Nice shots of B I F.
Congratulations on the new lens. You are going to enjoy it 

Thank you, I guess you already have the lens

[ColinM]

Cinnamon Teal June 2022

Lovely preening shot Brute

[Kim Pilegaard]

Many complain about the AF of the Z7II for BIF. However, I find that when you have a clean background (e.g. blue sky) the "Wide area L" works really well. Here exemplified with a picture of a Lesser Kestrel:

[Brute]

Thank you, I guess you already have the lens

Yes a couple years now.

Lovely preening shot Brute

Thank You.

[Nasos Kosmas]

Nice Kestrel Kim
I don’t know if you ever used Z7, is Z7II much better for BIF,  is there eye AF?

Regarding BIF I am not satisfied with the tracking my z50 and z6 have even in a blue sky as a background
I don’t use wide area L I find it very small to track a bird, I use afc with all Af area
With the use of 500pf it’s a little better but not good
It’s some time now I am thinking D500 but I don’t want to go DSLR again,
Canon released R7 with lots of specs -let’s wait to see it in real - but I don’t like picture quality it’s harsh and need to switch all my gear
Been with Nikon since the beginning I think I have to wait

[Nasos Kosmas]

Not my favorite bird but looks kool under the morning light
Z50 500pf

[Nasos Kosmas]

New to me Karpondacus Mexicanus female landed on a branch 3-4 m from my camera
First is full frame second is crop, late afternoon light
Z6 500pf 700mm

[golunvolo]

Such beautiful portraits. The light and iq....

[Nasos Kosmas]

Such beautiful portraits. The light and iq....

Thank you Paco

[Nasos Kosmas]

That lens is a marvel
500pf,  Nycticorax nycticorax
Second shot no crop

[ColinM]

That lens is a marvel
500pf,  Nycticorax nycticorax
Second shot no crop

Lovely, I can feel the swoop of its flight in these shots
The 500PF is growing on you Nasos

[Nasos Kosmas]

Lovely, I can feel the swoop of its flight in these shots
The 500PF is growing on you Nasos

Thank you Colin
Lucky to find this bird flying several times in the local park
Here are some other BIF with z50 500pf

[ColinM]

Thank you for sharing these
I'm curious Nasos:

Would you say in images 1 & 3 that the body & trailing feet were sharper than the head?
I see detail in the feathers where the legs dissappear into the body that are sharper than on the head.

Of course this can happen for a variety of reasons, inc direction of flight, AF mode used etc etc.

I've had similar results (admittedly only with the 300mm PF + TC14 on the D500)

[Nasos Kosmas]

Would you say in images 1 & 3 that the body & trailing feet were sharper than the head?
I see detail in the feathers where the legs dissappear into the body that are sharper than on the head.

Of course this can happen for a variety of reasons, inc direction of flight, AF mode used etc etc.

I've had similar results (admittedly only with the 300mm PF + TC14 on the D500)

I checked with row files and I see no difference on these areas

But I do see on some shots a little blurry some times even on 1/4000 maybe the AF system is slower than the bird
Anyway there is a long time until a mini z9