These were taken with the 70-300 VR + Kenko 1.4 TC, as many have stated it's not an ideal combination even with great lighting. On this day the light was Ok, but the sky was about 90% clouds, a poor background for birds on any day. I saw this one land on the light pole and hand time to park across the street to try some shots. These are about a 50% crop, then sized down another roughly 50% for the web:
While the inflight shot is far from great I felt lucky it came out as well as it did. With the TC on it took forever for the focus to lock, I only managed one shot before it flew behind a tree.
Other than removing the teleconverter (I'll save that until I get a better lens to try it on) are there any tips for taking shots against a cloudy sky like this?
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D80
Image Date: 2007:04:25 11:43:45
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0013 s (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 320
Exposure Bias: -0.33
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto)
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While the inflight shot is far from great I felt lucky it came out as well as it did. With the TC on it took forever for the focus to lock, I only managed one shot before it flew behind a tree.
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Other than removing the teleconverter (I'll save that until I get a better lens to try it on) are there any tips for taking shots against a cloudy sky like this?
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D80
Image Date: 2007:04:25 11:43:45
Flash Used: No
Focal Length: 300.0mm (35mm equivalent: 450mm)
Exposure Time: 0.0013 s (1/800)
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO equiv: 320
Exposure Bias: -0.33
White Balance: Auto
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: shutter priority (semi-auto)