African Darter

BillN_33

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on one of the Wilderness Lakes

(head looks a little soft on here ......... but I could have missed the focus with that bean pole neck!)

D750 + 300mm f4 + 1,4TC

ISO 800
A_Darter_2.jpg



a bit closer and drying

ISO 320 + f8
A_Darter_3.jpg
 
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I like the detail in the second Bill, it's the stronger shot, but the first could be improved by getting rid of the rock on the left and adding a bit more space to the right - this is a bit messy as I wanted to keep your watermark in, but something along these lines maybe.

Mike

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pooley said:
I like the detail in the second Bill, it's the stronger shot, but the first could be improved by getting rid of the rock on the left and adding a bit more space to the right - this is a bit messy as I wanted to keep your watermark in, but something along these lines maybe.

Mike

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Thanks Mike - I left it there as I thought that it parralled with the angle of the birds neck

I think that the darter, (a snake bird) had just downed a fish

The sharpness of the head looks better on my iMac - I was a little disappointed when I saw it on here

I took quite a few shots hiding in the reeds on a boardwalk at the side of the Lake ....... but even so you cannot get near these birds and because of aircraft weight restrictions and my wife's luggage I can never take my 600mm lens only a 300mm f4 and TC's

Even if I tried to set up a portable hide it would be difficult ....... and it's also a little "out in the wilds" by UK but not SA standards ........ so I get the comment from my wife, "why are you going out there in the middle of no-where, are you sure that it is safe)

But when out in SA we live on a nature reserve and I have asked the guys if we can start putting up a couple of nature hides
 
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wezza13 said:
I really like the second one Bill.

I don't think I've seen any examples of the 300mm PF coupled with the D500 yet.

Would be an interesting combo
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I thought about getting a D500 Wez ......... but I just do not think for my type of shots that you can beat the D810

I used the 300PF quite a lot with the D7200

what I find is that the D810 is more consistent and when cropped to the DX size I preferred it to the D7200 and as you have probably gathered I think that DX does not give you any more reach, It is just an elusion to say so as the DX sensor is just a crop of an FX sensor

I find the noise easy to control on the D810
 
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BillN_33 said:
I thought about getting a D500 Wez ......... but I just do not think for my type of shots that you can beat the D810

I used the 300PF quite a lot with the D7200

what I find is that the D810 is more consistent and when cropped to the DX size I preferred it to the D7200 and as you have probably gathered I think that DX does not give you any more reach, It is just an elusion to say so as the DX sensor is just a crop of an FX sensor

I find the noise easy to control on the D810
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Definitely for the static bird shots (that we're both fond of), I'd say the D810 wins hands down.

But the D500 is still really good at them. Overall though, I prefer the D500 (for what I shoot) because of the amazing AF system! :)
 
wezza13 said:
Definitely for the static bird shots (that we're both fond of), I'd say the D810 wins hands down.

But the D500 is still really good at them. Overall though, I prefer the D500 (for what I shoot) because of the amazing AF system! :)
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As you know I have the D810 and D750

maybe I should try the D500 and get rid of the D750
 
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