I came across a pair of Golden-crowned Sparrows during a walk around my neighborhood a few days ago. It's the first time that I've seen them in the 8 years I've lived where I do live so it was a good day for me! I've got shots of both of them together but haven't processed them yet.
20D, 300/4L IS + 1.4x, 1/320 @ f5.6, ISO 400, cropped
Harald - the bokeh of the background is directly attributable to this 300/4. I have found that it produces really nice OOF backgrounds at wide apertures.
The only thing that I could have wished for in this image is slightly better lighting. It was feast or famine as the lighting was either shadow or bright light. What I really needed was my flash unit so that I could have applied a slight amount of fill flash.
Discussion
4 replies20D, 300/4L IS + 1.4x, 1/320 @ f5.6, ISO 400, cropped
Cheers,
Harald
Harald - the bokeh of the background is directly attributable to this 300/4. I have found that it produces really nice OOF backgrounds at wide apertures.
The only thing that I could have wished for in this image is slightly better lighting. It was feast or famine as the lighting was either shadow or bright light. What I really needed was my flash unit so that I could have applied a slight amount of fill flash.