Yellowhammer on gorse

Roy C

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Thought it was too soon to bore you with more Dartford's so I am posting a yammer instead.
7D + 300/2.8 + 1.4 tc hand held - thanks for looking C & C welcome.

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Very good Roy :clap::clap: Possibly one of the best captures I have seen of one on here.
 
That is beautiful i like that one a lot (y) im going to come down your way to get some Dartford Warbler shots we drew a complete blank at Worlds End not a sight or sound
Regards
Richard
P.s I would settle for some YellowHammers like yours as well :D
 
Will never bore of shots like this or of more Dartfords. The yellow of the gorse really does compliment the yellow of the bird.

Di
 
Stunning, absolutely stunning. That's all I can say.

Steve
 
Hi,

Pretty new on here. Did you take these with a Canon 300mm with tele converter x2?

I tried to take some photographs today with my new 300mm lens and all were slightly out of focus. I used a tripod, but believe when I pressed the shutter button I was slightly moving the camera.

Fantastic photo's, might have to invest in a converter if that gets you up closer....
 
cornirog said:
Hi,

Pretty new on here. Did you take these with a Canon 300mm with tele converter x2?

I tried to take some photographs today with my new 300mm lens and all were slightly out of focus. I used a tripod, but believe when I pressed the shutter button I was slightly moving the camera.

Fantastic photo's, might have to invest in a converter if that gets you up closer....
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Although I usually use the 2x tc with the 300/2.8 this particular one was taken hand held with just the 1.4x tc (see the link under the photo for samples with the 2x tc). BTW, when using a tripod with this lens you need to use I.S. mode 2.
 
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Super shot Roy, lovely sharp eye and feather detail :clap:
 
I looked at the link photos.... Awesome.

My 300mm doesn't have IS...

Will have another try tomoz with higher ISO and try and get a little closer.

Inspiring stuff!!!!
 
Roy C said:
Although I usually use the 2x tc with the 300/2.8 this particular one was taken hand held with just the 1.4x tc (see the link under the photo for samples with the 2x tc). BTW, when using a tripod with this lens you need to use I.S. mode 2.
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Roy,
Do you have any links to articles on which IS to use in different situations, I have been using IS 1 handheld and tripod and IS2 for panning, birds in flight etc, obviously not correct

pS lovely shot
 
docholiday said:
Roy,
Do you have any links to articles on which IS to use in different situations, I have been using IS 1 handheld and tripod and IS2 for panning, birds in flight etc, obviously not correct

pS lovely shot
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David, I cannot remember where I read it now and like you say most articles do not tell you which mode to use on a tripod. I read it somewhere not long after I got the 300/2.8 and have used mode 2 ever since (for tripod work) and it has certainly worked for me. I will do some more digging to see if I can find any articles.
 
Absolute blinder!! Love the colour with the gorse!! Well done!

Regards
John
 
Smashing shot of a delightful wee bird. My Granda tells me tales of when we had these birds in abundance. It's a crying shame they're all gone now.
 
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