Bird Photography with the Nikon D4 and 300mm f2.8 AI-S lens

Up at sunrise this morning to shoot some birds and testing the Nikon D4 with the 300mm f2.8 AI-S with TC-301 2x converter (600mm f5.6) for all but the first shot (taken with 50mm 1.4G).

Interesting bird the final one...Looks good...

Pt 2





























Three hours of shooting...whew!

pedroj said:

Interesting bird the final one...Looks good...

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Good series. Of course you pulled me in with the photos of my favorite bird, the red-winged blackbird. Also liked some of the grass shots.

Thanks! It's a favorite of mine as well. Also something to keep in mind is that these shots were all done using manual focus with no assist (no time to look at the assist indicators in the viewfinder).

Great shots

These all look really good. My favorite is the 4th from the bottom in pt 1.

Nice captures!

Awesome job! Way to go buddy! My favorite one is the second shot in the part 2 set!

First set, fourth up from the bottom. That is my favorite, can't say why. Great series.

And finally the very rare three-winged Canada Goose.