Feathers

rwells

7D + 70-200L f/2.8 IS ver1 + TC 1.4
All shot wide open, which with the TC = f/4

DaddyO

That equipment combination continues to deliver. Am curious your
thoughts concerning some of the OOF points. Like the Eagles beak.

jpc

I think the Eagle shot works because he got the eyes. Too bad they're zoo shots. Takes the excitement out of the "captures", but they are sharp.

These are zoo shots, right?

rwells

DaddyO wrote: »

That equipment combination continues to deliver. Am curious your
thoughts concerning some of the OOF points. Like the Eagles beak.

You have to consider that the effective focal length was 448mm. ISO 3200, f/4, 1/500, shot at pretty close range. You don't have a lot of reasonable options left here to get the "whole" subject in focus.

By my calculations; the eagle's beak is about 2" long.

I was about 10' from the eagle, and given the same ISO and shutter speed to be able to hand-hold steady at this focal length;
f/4 = .24" DOF
f/22 = 1.32" DOF

So, as you can see, given the above combination of camera lens/body/converter and distance to subject, I would not have been able to have the beak and the eyes both in focus.

rwells

jpc wrote: »

I think the Eagle shot works because he got the eyes. Too bad they're zoo shots. Takes the excitement out of the "captures", but they are sharp.

These are zoo shots, right?

Yep, zoo shots.

Thanks for looking and your input!

DaddyO

Thank you very much Randy Just what I needed to know. I had no idea it was just that shallow. Appreciate your taking the time to post that up.

Dogdots

Looks like that camera works good. My hubby was going to buy me the 7D...wonder why he didn't

Beautiful birds Randy -- #2 -- the colors just pop so beautifully.

black mamba

Nice sharp work here, Randy. The parrot is really good for it's beautiful colors.

Tom

rwells

Dogdots wrote: »

Looks like that camera works good. My hubby was going to buy me the 7D...wonder why he didn't

Beautiful birds Randy -- #2 -- the colors just pop so beautifully.

Thanks Mary, I always have a good time at the zoo.

rwells

black mamba wrote: »

Nice sharp work here, Randy. The parrot is really good for it's beautiful colors.

Tom

Thanks Tom,

This parrot really enjoyed messin' with people. Visitors would try and try to get it to talk, you know "hello", or what ever. Not a peep. Then, as they finally gave up and turned to walk away, it would say; "hello, hello, anybody there"

Richard

jpc wrote: »

I think the Eagle shot works because he got the eyes. Too bad they're zoo shots. Takes the excitement out of the "captures", but they are sharp.

These are zoo shots, right?

Why should this matter? There's nothing visually here that suggests zoo. The only giveaway is that one would not expect to find this mixture of species in one spot outside a zoo, but each pic could work as a standalone.

Azzaro

Well done series Randy..............gary