White-fronted Goose

Gallery: AvianPosted April 11, 20161,205 views3 comments

This is from 3-4 weeks ago. I found a place in the Northern Sacramento Valley that was "crawling" with this species, cranes, and tundra swans. This was just at the end of the spring migration, and I am sure they are all gone by now. I will be posting some others in the near future from that place. D800e, Sigma 150-600 S @ 600, 1/2000, f8, ISO 1000, HH. I am really enjoying the extra reach on this lens as compared to my previous best rig, the 300f4 with 1.4tc. I have been amazed at the OS system on this lens. I have been getting a better keeper rate handheld than with a tripod, even when using slow shutter speeds. And my arms are getting pretty strong from holding this rig! Comments and criticism are highly valued.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 11, 2016 at 5:53 PM

Nice wing position, Jim. I like the nice clear look at the eye as well. To my eye, theres a slightly "blocky" or "smeary"look to the wing and head that often comes from a combination of sharpening and noise reduction. I never have figured out exactly what circumstances create it, but you might play with it a bit.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on April 11, 2016 at 7:27 PM

Thanks for the comments Dennis. I know what you are talking about with the blocky or smeary look. I looked pretty closely at this one and compared it to the untouched raw image, and I am not really seeing it. This is almost a full frame image with only minimal sharpening or noise reduction. I will be interested to hear what others think. Always good to look at this sort of thing, so I appreciate the heads up.

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Comment posted by David Bogener on April 14, 2016 at 12:10 PM

Nice handheld capture. Thanks for posting.

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