Decided at the last minute yesterday afternoon to jumo in the car and drive out to Pawnee for an evening and next morning shoot of wildlife. I like to generally photograph the Burrowing Owls, numerous hawks, songbirds and hopefully Swift Foxes out at Pawnee. Unfortunately, I didn't see any Swift Foxes, but I did see a lot of birds. My Mark IV and 500mm are still in the shot, so I was only armed with my 7D and 300mm with a 1.4 tc. As a result, had to crop to about 50-70% of FF on most images.
One of my favorite birds (burrowing owl) captured to near perfection!
I love 'em all, but the preening cliff swallow does have a slight edge in my book.
All could use a Levels adjustment (white point) for optimum image quality.
Seems to me that the lens/TC combo. with the 7D's 1.6x crop factor would surpass the magnification (though perhaps not the quality) of the combo. you have in the shop.
Regardless, this is outstanding photography, Kurt!
Thanks for the comments and suggestions everyone. The Burrowing Owl is also one of my favorite birds. They have a lot of character. I can watch them all day. I am going to head back out there once I get my big rig back. I forgot how many different species of birds are out there...it was pretty impressive.
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I love 'em all, but the preening cliff swallow does have a slight edge in my book.
All could use a Levels adjustment (white point) for optimum image quality.
Seems to me that the lens/TC combo. with the 7D's 1.6x crop factor would surpass the magnification (though perhaps not the quality) of the combo. you have in the shop.
Regardless, this is outstanding photography, Kurt!