First posting for 2005

[ccplim]

Sharing some shots taken last week. We are pretty lucky that the weather has been good lately Too bad I can't get a better perch for the first 2 shots.

Comments are greatly appreciated.

Pic #1 (Brown Shrike)


Pic #2 (Brown Shrike)


Pic #3 (Bee eater)

[jbma]

Good catch bro. Is this with the same lens? Looks sharper though.

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by jbma Good catch bro. Is this with the same lens? Looks sharper though.

Yes bro! The same old lens at its trusted F/11

[joeyao]

Good shots from an ultra newbie I like pic #1. You seemed to be quite close to the BS.

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by joeyao Good shots from an ultra newbie I like pic #1. You seemed to be quite close to the BS.

Thanks for the encouragement Joe! Still got alot more to learn from you.

I was about 8 meters away from the shrike Too bad that the one in the second pic did not face the correct angle to get the catch light.

[joeyao]

Originally Posted by ccplim Thanks for the encouragement Joe! Still got alot more to learn from you. I was about 8 meters away from the shrike Too bad that the one in the second pic did not face the correct angle to get the catch light.

Learn from me? Nah...it should be the other way round

[bonfire]

Nice clean background bro, taken with a F801s?

[Newguy69]

Good catch bro. Have always love small and cute birdies. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers

[John]

Originally Posted by ccplim Yes bro! The same old lens at its trusted F/11

HI CCPLIM ;

one question..did you use the 2xtc with your sigma 50-500mm lens or did you stacked ?

very impressive lens ...

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by bonfire Nice clean background bro, taken with a F801s?

No lah bro. 801s is sitting in my dry cabinet. Those were taken with my D100

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by Newguy69 Good catch bro. Have always love small and cute birdies. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

Thanks bro! Those were just some lucky shots.

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by John HI CCPLIM ; one question..did you use the 2xtc with your sigma 50-500mm lens or did you stacked ? very impressive lens ...

Hi John,

Those were taken without any TC. I don't actually like the results when this lens was used with TC (too soft)

[John]

Originally Posted by ccplim Hi John, Those were taken without any TC. I don't actually like the results when this lens was used with TC (too soft)

TC's always degrade image quality...even with good F2.8 lens...will also need to do sharpening.

[John]

Originally Posted by ccplim Hi John, Those were taken without any TC. I don't actually like the results when this lens was used with TC (too soft)

ccp...check out this jumbo lens...

http://www.opteka.com/productdetail.asp?productid=4127

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by John ccp...check out this jumbo lens... http://www.opteka.com/productdetail.asp?productid=4127

Oh my god! Used it on a DSLR and it become a 1950mm zoom. It will be great if this lens came with AF

[John]

Originally Posted by ccplim Oh my god! Used it on a DSLR and it become a 1950mm zoom. It will be great if this lens came with AF

too bad its a MF and the its an F8-F16 which is another problems. The bokeh wont be good and its not suitable for panning shots.

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by John TC's always degrade image quality...even with good F2.8 lens...will also need to do sharpening.

The results are still not that obvious on f/2.8 lens.

You might be interested to look at this. This was taken some time back when I first got my kenko pro 2xTC.

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by John too bad its a MF and the its an F8-F16 which is another problems. The bokeh wont be good and its not suitable for panning shots.

Truly agreed with you in that.

[John]

Originally Posted by ccplim The results are still not that obvious on f/2.8 lens. You might be interested to look at this. This was taken some time back when I first got my kenko pro 2xTC.

Looks soft....but not so bad.still accaptable.

[ccplim]

Originally Posted by John Looks soft....but not so bad.still accaptable.

That's why I don't really like. Furthermore, you need very bright lighting cos the aperture will be something like f/22.