Posted by Steve Makin on February 21, 2009 at 3:32 PM
one from this afternoon, this bird came so close that I almost fell off the chair !
Not a perfect shot by any means as he managed to obscure him (her) self whilst trying to hide from the Reed Warblers and Chaffinch's but none the less I'm quite pleased with it.
Can someone please say if this is oversharpened ?, now I've found out how to do it I'm not sure how to best judge it !!
techs
D300, Sigma 120-300 with Sigma 2X convertor, 1/125 at f7.1 800 asa
should say that I'm using this lens combo as an experiment to find a relatively light weight set up for a hopeful exotic holiday later this year (redundancy pending), I have everything covered from 10mm through to 600mm by using a 1.4 and a 2x convertor all in a medium sized rucsac
Posted by Joe Tanner on February 21, 2009 at 5:09 PM
It doesnt appear over-sharpened to me. In fact it looks good n sharp.
I'm very impressed with the sharpness from that combo! I havent tried a 2x on my 120-300 2.8.
Looks fine , as for the pose in situations like that you have to take what you get.
Bob.
Posted by Dawn Monrose on February 22, 2009 at 7:36 AM
Sharpening looks fine to me too! As mentioned, the pose could be better, but this shot really shows the lovely markings on the feathers and that amazing eye!
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 23, 2009 at 2:48 PM
Great eye Steve, I can just see it watching the smaller birds closely
Discussion
4 repliesNot a perfect shot by any means as he managed to obscure him (her) self whilst trying to hide from the Reed Warblers and Chaffinch's but none the less I'm quite pleased with it.
Can someone please say if this is oversharpened ?, now I've found out how to do it I'm not sure how to best judge it !!
techs
D300, Sigma 120-300 with Sigma 2X convertor, 1/125 at f7.1 800 asa
should say that I'm using this lens combo as an experiment to find a relatively light weight set up for a hopeful exotic holiday later this year (redundancy pending), I have everything covered from 10mm through to 600mm by using a 1.4 and a 2x convertor all in a medium sized rucsac
I'm very impressed with the sharpness from that combo! I havent tried a 2x on my 120-300 2.8.
Bob.