some pond action

[racketman]

Broad bodied Chaser with 400mm f5.6L

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Grasshoppers pondside, 100mm macro

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attention-seeking terrier able to swim and bark at the same time 400mm f5.6L

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[johnkermit1]

Nice shots Toby. that one of the dog is really good. a great action shot!!

[Chet]

The dog macro is really sweet is the 5:1?

[LindaB]

Lovely pics Toby - you got a good one with that lense of the BBC - was that with the limiter on taken at the nearer distance (with/without support lol)?
It got a great action shot of the dog too.

Lovely GH too

Linda

[racketman]

Lovely pics Toby - you got a good one with that lense of the BBC - was that with the limiter on taken at the nearer distance (with/without support lol)?
It got a great action shot of the dog too.

Lovely GH too

Linda

limiter was off (3.5m -oo) some taken MF others AF. Not sure about this lens for dragons, you have to hold it rock steady and get a high shutter speed. Often regret letting my 300 f4L go as it had IS but on the other hand it was too short a tele for birds which I occasionally like to shoot.

[skylab]

Nice set Toby. No dragons around here yet. Only shots I have are of a broad bodied chaser, also used the 400mm lens. Not having much success with it really. Take 10 shots 1 will be sharp, never mind will persevere. Wish I'd got the mpe-65 instead.

[LordV]

Lovely series- esp like the dog :)
brian v.

[bandit 1]

Hiya Toby,

Great series of shots, never get any Broad Bodied Chasers round here, love the Terrier :D

Cheers for now
Mark

[racketman]

Nice set Toby. No dragons around here yet. Only shots I have are of a broad bodied chaser, also used the 400mm lens. Not having much success with it really. Take 10 shots 1 will be sharp, never mind will persevere. Wish I'd got the mpe-65 instead.

You might try the sell forum - 'my 400 for your MPE plus £100' - the 400 is a favorite of birders and there must be a few who bought the MPE and then realised macro isn't really for them?

[Photogirl2007]

I like the macro dog too!! :lol:

[LindaB]

limiter was off (3.5m -oo) some taken MF others AF. Not sure about this lens for dragons, you have to hold it rock steady and get a high shutter speed. Often regret letting my 300 f4L go as it had IS but on the other hand it was too short a tele for birds which I occasionally like to shoot.

Thanks for the info Toby - yep, I dont think I would deliberately use mine for DFs either, I find its a bit of a beast to handle sometimes. To be honest, I have had great success for bird shots with my 70-400 F4L but limited success with the 400mm, depending on size of bird and distance.


Nice set Toby. No dragons around here yet. Only shots I have are of a broad bodied chaser, also used the 400mm lens. Not having much success with it really. Take 10 shots 1 will be sharp, never mind will persevere. Wish I'd got the mpe-65 instead.

Brian - I have mixed feelings about my 400mm too and I am still persevering with mine but I wont rely on it for good bird shots, as I will put my 70-200 F4L on if I want to be sure of good shots and be content with the lower distance, but I know I will have much better keeper rate with it.

I had an incident with it last week when I was off, while I was shooting some Little Egrets and have got the hump with that lense a bit :evil: lol.


Linda

[racketman]

some decent DF images here shot with the 400mm :

http://www.pbase.com/bret/rr

I will try again with extension tubes as the minimum focus distance is too far sometimes.

[BASmith]

You lot forgot to say.......


Priceless.