Greg Giesing and I made another stop by the local duck pond this morning, and were joined this time by Patrick. It was on the chilly side, but we did get a few decent shots. Here are some examples.
All shot with the D2H / 300mm 2.8 + TC-17EII. I shot these wide open (which is f4.8 with the 1.7 TC) just to see how it would look. I was pretty pleased with the resulting DOF. The ISO setting was 320.
Two flocks of geese came in while we were there. This one came in down wind. They were coming in pretty fast. I think I got about 8 or 10 sharp shots of him as he approached. These are the two closest:
Several Mallards flew by us, but they were either behind trees, or between us and the early morning sun. Here is one that I did manage to get lined up:
Not as good as UF's Snowies, but they are all we have here right now. 8)
Regards,
Frank
All shot with the D2H / 300mm 2.8 + TC-17EII. I shot these wide open (which is f4.8 with the 1.7 TC) just to see how it would look. I was pretty pleased with the resulting DOF. The ISO setting was 320.
Two flocks of geese came in while we were there. This one came in down wind. They were coming in pretty fast. I think I got about 8 or 10 sharp shots of him as he approached. These are the two closest:

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Several Mallards flew by us, but they were either behind trees, or between us and the early morning sun. Here is one that I did manage to get lined up:

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Not as good as UF's Snowies, but they are all we have here right now. 8)
Regards,
Frank