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Comment by Frogfish posted on Kingfisher Diving Sequence - Tamron 500mm at 19/02/2011 - 16:48
Don wrote:
anybody wondering how the 35 2.4 performs? the 13x119 inch print is very nice and at f22 that was outside the lens's sweet spot of f 5.6-8
Bloody hell .... that's a helluva print !anybody wondering how the 35 2.4 performs? the 13x119 inch print is very nice and at f22 that was outside the lens's sweet spot of f 5.6-8
Comment by Frogfish posted on Got Gerri some flowers yesterday. at 19/02/2011 - 16:46
Beautiful. Superb lighting & I love the way the background complements / makes the shot.
Comment by Frogfish posted on Got Gerri some flowers yesterday. at 19/02/2011 - 16:23
Thank you for trying to help everyone !
Fatspider - again, thanks for the link, I have also signed up and those guys were amazing !
For those that are interested it seems that the birds are (with caveats) :-
1. Olive backed Pipit
2,3,4,5. Light-vented BulBul.
6. Your funny-looking Great Tit is mostly regarded as a different species these days, since Great Tit has been split into three. I think the birds in your area are called Japanese (or Eastern Great) Tit, but you might not be far north of them being Cinereous Tits, or even Intergrades. Cinereous Tit lacks any greenish on the mantle, but you can't see that part of the bird in this pic!
7,8,9. I think is Yellow-Browed Warbler (or Pallas' Warbler). The photos don't show the key features I need to be sure.
10. Chimonanthus praecox, sometimes commonly called Wintersweet.
11. Spotted Dove
12,13. Light-vented BulBul
14. White (or Amur) Wagtail. Not sure which race without a field guide.
15. Blackbird.
Fatspider - again, thanks for the link, I have also signed up and those guys were amazing !
For those that are interested it seems that the birds are (with caveats) :-
1. Olive backed Pipit
2,3,4,5. Light-vented BulBul.
6. Your funny-looking Great Tit is mostly regarded as a different species these days, since Great Tit has been split into three. I think the birds in your area are called Japanese (or Eastern Great) Tit, but you might not be far north of them being Cinereous Tits, or even Intergrades. Cinereous Tit lacks any greenish on the mantle, but you can't see that part of the bird in this pic!
7,8,9. I think is Yellow-Browed Warbler (or Pallas' Warbler). The photos don't show the key features I need to be sure.
10. Chimonanthus praecox, sometimes commonly called Wintersweet.
11. Spotted Dove
12,13. Light-vented BulBul
14. White (or Amur) Wagtail. Not sure which race without a field guide.
15. Blackbird.
Comment by Frogfish posted on Unknown Birds - Tamron BB 500mm Mirror at 19/02/2011 - 05:20
Thank you Blythman - I have realised I was tragically under-utilising my 500 Tammy, from 40-50yds away the IQ is better (if you nail the MF - and I'm improving in that regard) than those cropped from the 55-300.
Thanks for the kind words Dave !
Thanks for the kind words Dave !
Comment by Frogfish posted on Kingfisher Diving Sequence - Tamron 500mm at 19/02/2011 - 05:01
Thank you TT !
Comment by Frogfish posted on Kingfisher Diving Sequence - Tamron 500mm at 18/02/2011 - 22:06
Thanks PMC ! Not hand-held, I was using a monopod.
Comment by Frogfish posted on Unknown Birds - Tamron BB 500mm Mirror at 18/02/2011 - 21:58
pmcquail wrote:
Nice set - a very difficult fast moving subject.
Was that a 500mm Tammy mirror?
Yes it was. 500mm, fixed f8, manual focus of course .... but the Tammy has a fantastically smooooth focus ring, the best I've ever come across.Nice set - a very difficult fast moving subject.
Was that a 500mm Tammy mirror?
Comment by Frogfish posted on Kingfisher Diving Sequence - Tamron 500mm at 18/02/2011 - 21:34
BTW - just so people know how to tell them apart. The female is the one with the red patch on her lower mandible. The male's is all black .... and he was the one sitting back watching the wife catch dinner.