Eagles in Minnapolis

davev

Well, I got the cheap Tamron 1.4 time converter.
I went out to give it a try on a gray, overcast, 15 degree day.
Look what I found right near downtown Minneapolis.

I noticed (and you will too) that what I normally do in post doesn't work
as well with the converter. The pics don't take sharpening as well.
I'll redo these at some point to see if I can get them a little better,
but for now, they're OK. One more thing, the zooms were all the way
to the end of these pics. (200 or 300 mm)

D rebel, 70-200L f4, Tamron 1.4












D rebel, 75-300IS, Tamron 1.4 converter

gus

You got him Love that 2nd last one.

pathfinder

How much were these cropped Dave? The images fill your frame nicely, but are oversharpened and noisy as you mentioned. I like the one in flight - that is great!

I am impressed with how close you were able to get tho. I never seem to be able to fill the frame with anything less than the equivalent of 500mm ( 300 + 1.4 or so)

davev

Humungus wrote:

You got him Love that 2nd last one.

Thanks, I got a couple more of him in flight but the trees got in the way a
little to much.

dave.

davev

pathfinder wrote:

How much were these cropped Dave? The images fill your frame nicely, but are oversharpened and noisy as you mentioned. I like the one in flight - that is great!

I am impressed with how close you were able to get tho. I never seem to be able to fill the frame with anything less than the equivalent of 500mm ( 300 + 1.4 or so)

They wer only 40 to 50 feet away from me while sitting in the trees.
These are resized, full frame, no processing done.




Can't get these to paste.

http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/38419562


http://www.pbase.com/davev/image/38419563

I need a new way to post process with the converter on board.

Thanks for looking.
dave

Ann McRae

I think they are fabulous - how very cool to find eagles near you.

Thanks for sharing.

ann

Ridgefan

All I could say is "WOWwwww"!!! I think these photos are fantastic....
very, very good...

ian408

Very nice.

Ian

davev

one more pic

Ridgefan wrote:

All I could say is "WOWwwww"!!! I think these photos are fantastic....
very, very good...

Ann, Ridgefan, and Ian.

Thanks for looking folks.
I had one more pic from that day that I wanted to share.
The eagles were looking at something, and at first I wasn't sure what, I didn't
see anything in the general direction that they were looking at. But then I saw this.

I did say it was cold that day, didn't I.

Ridgefan

Davev,

Nice pic of the squirrel, do you think maybe they were spotting him as a possible snack?

davev

Ridgefan wrote:

Davev,

Nice pic of the squirrel, do you think maybe they were spotting him as a possible snack? <g>

I know for a time, both eagles were watching the general area that he was sitting in.
I may be the one that screwed up their meal.

dave.

wxwax

davev, love this one. Nice bokeh, pose and the gray palette is awesome.