Brown Creeper.

[Bohdan]

Such a tiny little bird. You don't realize how much colour it has until you get a close up. look. Besides that, they are so frenetic, moving about the tree without pausing for a second. They tend to flatten their wings a bit while they move up the trunk of a tree - hence they look like they're creeping.

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[Butlerkid]

The second shot is nice and sharp! Cute little thing!

 

[Bohdan]

The second shot is nice and sharp! Cute little thing!

Thanks. The first was a major crop

 

[Butlerkid]

Thanks. The first was a major crop

A faster shutter speed would have helped. Have you tried a 1.4 tele on the 500 pf. I've read mixed reviews.....

 

[drr1531]

Cute little bird, Bob.

 

[Bohdan]

A faster shutter speed would have helped. Have you tried a 1.4 tele on the 500 pf. I've read mixed reviews.....

I agree. I am fixated on trying to keep ISO down forgetting that the D6 is forgiving at high ISO. Didn't use a TC on these shots - straight up 500 pf.

Cute little bird, Bob.

They are for sure.

 

[Butlerkid]

I agree. I am fixated on trying to keep ISO down forgetting that the D6 is forgiving at high ISO. Didn't use a TC on these shots - straight up 500 pf.
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I know you didn't use a tele.....LOL! My question was have you tried the 1.4 tele on the 500 PF?

 

[Allan]

I find these hard to get on trees. They do not stay still for long. Nice ones.

 

[Bohdan]

I know you didn't use a tele.....LOL! My question was have you tried the 1.4 tele on the 500 PF?

I have tried it a couple of times. Not thrilled with the focus acquisition speed especially in the quality of light we've been having around here lately.

 

[Bohdan]

I find these hard to get on trees. They do not stay still for long. Nice ones.

I agree. They are in constant creep...and hard to get a bead on.

 

[Butlerkid]

I have tried it a couple of times. Not thrilled with the focus acquisition speed especially in the quality of light we've been having around here lately.

I've only tried the 1.4 tele a few times.....but I wasn't thrilled with the results either.................

 

[Bohdan]

I've only tried the 1.4 tele a few times.....but I wasn't thrilled with the results either.................

My TC pretty much sits in the camera closet now. The best TC I've ever used was the 1.4 Olympus Zuico used with the Zuico 300f/4 lens on an OLY EM1-mark II

 

[Louis Champan]

Bob, this is the best Brown Creeper shots I've seen. I don't think most folks realize just how difficult it is to get a shot of this little bird, they simply don't sit still, but you've pulled it off. Superb job!

 

[Bohdan]

Bob, this is the best Brown Creeper shots I've seen. I don't think most folks realize just how difficult it is to get a shot of this little bird, they simply don't sit still, but you've pulled it off. Superb job!

Wow thanks Louis. Patience certainly was tested. that and a few clicks of the shutter. Got some keepers but some "doh...missed it" shots as well. Thankyou for your kind words

 

[Butlerkid]

I agree. I am fixated on trying to keep ISO down forgetting that the D6 is forgiving at high ISO. ......

They are for sure.

Steve Perry recommends on GETTING a good shot FIRST with "safe: settings. Then trying "riskier" settings. He also recommends a shutter speed of twice or 3 times the focal length with advanced cameras.

My thought is if the image is OOF, it is going in the trash. So why not go for a keeper shot, then get experimental?

 

[Boblou]

Very well done Bob.
This bird is hard to find and hard to photograph.

 

[Bohdan]

Very well done Bob.
This bird is hard to find and hard to photograph.

Thanks Boblou. I agree on both points

 

[Lance B]

Great set, Bob!

 

[Bohdan]

Great set, Bob!

thank you Lance

 

[acnomad]

In spite of remarks to the contrary, I really think that first image is sharp enough. And the color and textures are rendered so well. Following Karen's suggestions would certainly take it up a notch incrementally, but I think it is excellent, particularly at screen resolution.