My 1st day with the Sigma 300mm f/2.8 + TCs (56K warning!)

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Had to stay home to be here and sign for the Sigma 300mm f/2.8... Most of these taken with the 2x or 1.4x TC. (I wish Exif could detect this, cause I forgot already) None too cheap ... You think it was worth it? (I do :cool: ) I'm surprised how the 5+ lb. lens wasn't too heavy for me. Using this handhold.

o Full rez to be found here (and here).
o All were shot RAW w/some post processing to WB, noise reduction, histogram stretching, etc. (I may never shoot just JPEG again!)
o All were shot handheld except the last one.
o Shot location: from: 40.929256,-73.402952 to: - Google Maps (by that little turn-around in the center)

(I'm pretty sure these were with the 2x; boat race was about 2/3 or 3/4 mile away; ; in full-rez you can see the boundary orange flag with black X off on the right perfectly)


(tone shift from playing with the drop-in polarizer filter it comes with)


(I think the next 3 were no TC; based on google maps link provided boats were under 100 yards away)






(I think this from here down was with the 1.4x TC ; this boat was about 250+ yards away)


(about 100 yards away)




(resting on an open Jeep door's windowsill, I think no TC; subject approx 93.2 million miles :cool: )


Hope you enjoyed.
-steve

USAIR

Looks like you had a good first day.
Cool sailboats,fishing boat and sunset

Fred