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| Photo Information |
Copyright: JJ Pascoe (coyote)
![Silver Note Writer [C: 5 W: 0 N: 28]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/n-n-s.gif) (159) |
| Genre: Animals |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2005-01-04 |
| Categories: Birds |
| Camera: Canon EOS 20D, Sigma 70-200 f2.8 EX |
| Exposure: f/10.0, 1/640 seconds |
| Details: Tripod: Yes |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2005-01-05 11:23 |
| Viewed: 1115 |
| Points: 6 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
Tech: Trying the Sigma 70-200 F2.8 lens with a Tamron 1.4 extender- fair, only fair. This is a sharp lens but seems to degrade somewhat with tele-extenders, of course, most if not all lenses do. Snowy weather, shot at ISO 800. Cropped a small bit.
These sparrows eat for 30-45 seconds- then burst into flight, for real or imagined reasons, only they know. I believe there are 2 and maybe 3 different kinds of sparrows- my new bird books will soon be here, so maybe I can identify them for certain. This was only a partial total number of the "Herd", there were more.
Fun to watch, need to concentrate more on my setup and composition. Oh well, just a test shot, more or less. |
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- Fisher
![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1540 W: 309 N: 2234]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-g-g.gif)
(8915) - [2005-01-05 12:35]
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Hey, JJ excelent experiment. Yep, I have the same kind of stampeding herd. They'll eat for about 15 seconds and then take off and come back and same process. I have about over 60 Redpolls feeding away here.
Nice job JJ.
Mike
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- Lesley
![Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 297 W: 13 N: 913]](http://i1.treknature.com/misc/g-s-g.gif)
(2988) - [2005-01-05 17:13]
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I have found that teleconverters are really best on prime lenses not zooms, but I do think this is a very good effort. Perhaps if the light was better to start with your results would have been better? Just a guess. I have heard that this lens is a very good one. I have the Canon version of it and it is the best zoom Canon makes IMHO. I love it, but not for my wildlife...not enough reach for me...heck, my 100-400mm isn't enough reach for me either...really want the 500mm f/4 L IS...after I sell my born maybe I can afford it...just joking about my first born! :0)
Nice picture JJ.
I have used the combination Sigma 70-200 /2.8 and Sigma 1.4X converter with very good results.
You can look at this one or this one, I think they are very sharp.
You did a good job.
