Spent some time at Cromford Canal recently and got distracted from the Water Voles by all the grebes with chicks.
Hoards of photographers were further back along the canal so I decided to walk further along and found this family group. The light was harsh but got some semi acceptable images.
I am having mixed results with the 1.7tc as this image feels really soft even though my shutter speed was fine???
Teleconverters produce better results with prime lenses. I think that image quality with the 1.7tc is only acceptable when you are stopped down to f11 so a better combination of shutter speed, ISO and apperture for this would have been 1/640; ISO400; f11 with no exposure compensation. This would have given you the same overall exposure value - "sunny f16" plus one third.
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2 repliesHoards of photographers were further back along the canal so I decided to walk further along and found this family group. The light was harsh but got some semi acceptable images.
I am having mixed results with the 1.7tc as this image feels really soft even though my shutter speed was fine???
C&C advice welcome
Nikon D300 + 80-200 AFS + 1.7x TC
F5.6, 1/1250 sec
iso 400
-1 stop comp
Nice interaction between the adult and the chick.
Matt