Post your birds (2)

[jay_dean]

I had time to do a quick test with the Tamron. I noticed when at 600mm, I'm very skilled at pointing where the bird is not. That's something to get used to.

Yes, long focal lengths are like looking through a long tube, best to pan out, then pan into the subject with a superzoom

 

[J-see]

Some more testing. Even at 600mm you got to crop so I checked what's possible there.

 

[wornish]

Some more testing. Even at 600mm you got to crop so I checked what's possible there.

That really shows the quality of the lens/camera combination. Amazing detail. Might be even more detail on your DX as the 600 becomes 900mm and you have lots of pixels.

 

[J-see]

That really shows the quality of the lens/camera combination. Amazing detail. Might be even more detail on your DX as the 600 becomes 900mm and you have lots of pixels.

Yeah, the combo works wonders. I'm gonna try it on the 3300 but I'm going to be limited since I can't push the ISO the way I do on the 750. But you never know, with the right overexposure maybe it'll perform as well.

 

[wev]

Found myself in a large empty parking lot this morning and passed the time with some nice birds

 

[wev]

 

[richnmib]

Saw some Hooded Mergansers in a nearby retention pond.

 

[richnmib]

Bad Belted Kingfisher from a nearby retention pond

 

[mikew_RIP]

Still stuck in waiting for better weather so still playing with older shots.

 

[J-see]

It's always amusing that after an hour walking you arrive in a good birding area only to discover they're hunting there. It's pretty useless trying to shoot birds when they're shooting birds.

I decided to walk back and test the lens + some ISO performance I was curious about. I pumped up the ISO in this shot and while it would work for a full, when cropping, some noise remains even after post. Still decent performance.

 

[J-see]

Here's another. I overexposed it some more and it has less visible noise but I lost some details in the whites.

 

[wornish]

I decided to walk back and test the lens + some ISO performance I was curious about. I pumped up the ISO in this shot and while it would work for a full, when cropping, some noise remains even after post. Still decent performance.

For ISO 6400 the noise is very minimal. The variation in the background helps.

 

[J-see]

For ISO 6400 the noise is very minimal. The variation in the background helps.

Yeah, I had expected worse. I usually shoot auto-ISO limited to 1000 but wanted to see if I can push it. 1000 isn't nearly enough when I enter a wooded area and want to keep a high shutter. Especially with the Tamron I need the shutter to avoid shake. Maybe it'll get better when I am used to the lens or find a better shooting technique.

At the moment I'm pretty slow getting the shot resulting in a load of bird butts. I also noticed that even at 1/1000s some shots aren't as sharp as others.

 

[wornish]

Yeah, I had expected worse. I usually shoot auto-ISO limited to 1000 but wanted to see if I can push it. 1000 isn't nearly enough when I enter a wooded area and want to keep a high shutter. Especially with the Tamron I need the shutter to avoid shake. Maybe it'll get better when I am used to the lens or find a better shooting technique.

At the moment I'm pretty slow getting the shot resulting in a load of bird butts. I also noticed that even at 1/1000s some shots aren't as sharp as others.

Practice, practice and then more practice.

 

[J-see]

 

[J-see]

And another high ISO crop. It works but doesn't perform well when used as auto-ISO. When adjusting the compensation for each individual shot it's pretty tolerable noise-wise.

 

[J-see]

 

[RockyNH_RIP]

Taken with the Tamron BEAST at the Savannah Wildlife Refuge...

Pat in GA

 

[J-see]

 

[J-see]