who do you think put that sharp-shinned eating a bird by your car the fox is a great moment I have only see one and no picture :cry nice set
Thanks Jeff
and how much do you charge to flush game?.... Yeah, I really enjoyed that little fox. Beautiful little creature and didn't mind me following him around either :
I guess I know where we're going on my next trip out, eh
Thanks Andy
Yep, found another place we can go get birds and wildlife. We have to hit it in the mornings though, as the Sun get's blocked by the Western hills in the late afternoon. Maybe we could get that always working Ian fella to come out to play with us too
I wanted to get there around 8am Friday, but had a few calls to make and didn't get there until around 9:30 Early morning light at this place should be schweet
Or, we could just say fahget about da boids and head on over to Phil's.... :eat
Very nice Steve. I especialy like the fox profile shot.
Thanks David
I was thrilled that this guy tolerated me. I had only seen one other kit fox in my life and that was while driving down the freeway. Couldn't look for long...lol Glad I have some memories on my hard drive :
Nice work with your new glass. Don't you love shooting with a prime. The fox profile ad the merlin BIFs are wall hangers.
Thanks Harry
The success you've had with your primes is one of the reasons I went this direction. Not that I'm all of a sudden going to wind up with works of art just because I'm using a prime. But, man oh man, you just can't beat their sharpness and AF speed. Not to mention that they aren't too shabby when it comes to color and contrast either
Steve i do this a lot by mistake when im shooting small birds & have never seen it make any difference to a photo...what are you noticing ?
Gus,
I notice the same issues Steve (Rohirrim) brought up. Substantially slower focusing and more hunting with a TC attached if you a shooting a distant subject using the 3.5m setting.
Doesn't that switch give the lens/camera an idea of where to hunt for focus, making it a bit faster if you have it set correctly?
Thanks David
Yes, that switch position makes quite a bit of difference. Especially when using a TC on the lens. As Gus mentions, AF will work, no matter what the setting, eventually.....lol But it's is much faster if the switch is set correctly to begin with.
All great shots.
Damn, I got to get me one of those 400's.
Thanks Dave
Go for this lens if you can. I lusted after this guy for almost a year. Finally I pulled the trigger and I have to say that it is everything I read/heard it was As much as I enjoy using my Bigma, it will probably be posted in the Flea Market within a few days :cry Not surprising that a high quality prime beats out a 10X zoom. But I sure am going to miss the focal range the Bigma gave me. Oh well. We can't all be lens rich like Andy
Maybe i just dont notice its focus speed its just that fast ..sort of like is the car doing 80mph or 90mph
Gus,
I haven't played around with the bare lens enough to understand whether the AF issue is worsened by using the TC. You may be right and without the TC attached, the position of the switch may not matter much. It sure seems to with a TC attached though
If that's what you have at Coyote Hill Park, then you should hang out there everyday. Beautiful pictures of the fox.
Thanks Dallas
Yeah, if I were a gentleman of leisure like Harry I would go there every morning. This place is right in the middle of the nation's 11th largest city/metro area. So traffic in the morning is a bear I left late and it still took me 45 minutes to go 15 miles...lol
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Thanks Jeff
and how much do you charge to flush game?.... Yeah, I really enjoyed that little fox. Beautiful little creature and didn't mind me following him around either :
Thanks for looking,
Steve
Thanks Andy
Yep, found another place we can go get birds and wildlife. We have to hit it in the mornings though, as the Sun get's blocked by the Western hills in the late afternoon. Maybe we could get that always working Ian fella to come out to play with us too
I wanted to get there around 8am Friday, but had a few calls to make and didn't get there until around 9:30 Early morning light at this place should be schweet
Or, we could just say fahget about da boids and head on over to Phil's.... :eat
Steve
Thanks David
I was thrilled that this guy tolerated me. I had only seen one other kit fox in my life and that was while driving down the freeway. Couldn't look for long...lol Glad I have some memories on my hard drive :
Thanks for commenting,
Steve
Thanks Harry
The success you've had with your primes is one of the reasons I went this direction. Not that I'm all of a sudden going to wind up with works of art just because I'm using a prime. But, man oh man, you just can't beat their sharpness and AF speed. Not to mention that they aren't too shabby when it comes to color and contrast either
Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve
Thanks PF
I had a ball and was just happy to come home with some keepers
Steve
Thanks Shay
Steve
Gus,
I notice the same issues Steve (Rohirrim) brought up. Substantially slower focusing and more hunting with a TC attached if you a shooting a distant subject using the 3.5m setting.
Steve
Thanks David
Yes, that switch position makes quite a bit of difference. Especially when using a TC on the lens. As Gus mentions, AF will work, no matter what the setting, eventually.....lol But it's is much faster if the switch is set correctly to begin with.
Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve
You have some real keepers there. Top drawer stuff.
Thanks Jeff
Yep, I noticed faster AF when the switch was properly set also. Glad to be back shooting and posting wildlife too : Thanks for the kind words.
Steve
Thanks Dave
Go for this lens if you can. I lusted after this guy for almost a year. Finally I pulled the trigger and I have to say that it is everything I read/heard it was As much as I enjoy using my Bigma, it will probably be posted in the Flea Market within a few days :cry Not surprising that a high quality prime beats out a 10X zoom. But I sure am going to miss the focal range the Bigma gave me. Oh well. We can't all be lens rich like Andy
Thanks for looking,
Steve
Gus,
I haven't played around with the bare lens enough to understand whether the AF issue is worsened by using the TC. You may be right and without the TC attached, the position of the switch may not matter much. It sure seems to with a TC attached though
Steve
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Thanks Dallas
Yeah, if I were a gentleman of leisure like Harry I would go there every morning. This place is right in the middle of the nation's 11th largest city/metro area. So traffic in the morning is a bear I left late and it still took me 45 minutes to go 15 miles...lol
Thanks for taking the time to comment,
Steve