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Anders Östberg
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 14:09
My Christmas gift to myself has largely been unused because of the weather and lack of interesting things to photograph. The last few days I've finally gotten around to searching out some birds to practice on. There's definitely a learning curve using +500mm. Here's a few of the better ones while waiting for spring and more targets...

A Tufted Duck impersonating an Eagle :)
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/LargerBirds/JH5Q5638_Vigg.jpg

A Mallard:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/LargerBirds/JH5Q5553_Gr%E4sand.jpg

A Herring Gull:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/LargerBirds/JH5Q5495_gr%E5trut.jpg

A Goosander:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/LargerBirds/JH5Q5581_Storskrake.jpg
wolverinesr1
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 14:13
wow , these are really good, i especially like the 2nd one with the water droplets falling off
Alan B
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 14:15
Superb shots.

:cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :cool: :D
slacker
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 14:21
Wow!
marie
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 14:30
wowhttp://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/images/smilies/icon_cool.gif

set them to music
Anders Östberg
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 14:45
Thanks for your kind comments!
Hopefully I can get to see some rarer birds this coming summer,
but Mallards and the like are at least good practice. :)
jaypie77
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 14:46
#2 wow!
EoSD30fReAk
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 14:56
great pictures!

but now i want a 500mm too :rolleyes: :lol:
Maz
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 15:02
Those are beautiful photos.

Thanks for showing them.

Maz
http://www.homesteadsforsale.com
Mills
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 17:33
Great captures. The all look great.
LazyPhotographer
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 17:41
Killer shots! The Mallard is fabulous!
Nascar Nut
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 17:44
Nice shots
HJMinard
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 18:02
All very nice ... but that second one is AWESOME!
sparker1
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 22:06
Great shots.
Onwuma
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 22:15
About what distance were you from these birds?
Scotter
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 22:53
Great shots but the Mallard is my fav. Now get a green head with that pose. keep them coming.
That 500 looks like a great lens.
kawter2
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 22:56
A Mallard:
http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/LargerBirds/JH5Q5553_Gr%E4sand.jpg



WOW!!
zach
7th of March 2005 (Mon), 23:12
FretNoMore, excellent shots! That 500 is on my wish list. Here in the US we call that first duck a ringneck, although I've never seen a pic that good to my knowledge. As others have said, that mallard hen is an incredible shot. Looking at the pic it looks almost as if it may some sort of cross breed. The bill is a little unusual shape, and the coloration is different. Thanks to that lens you can see those things! Well done and keep them coming.
Anders Östberg
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 00:58
Again, thanks for your comments! :)

Some replies:

I'm bad at judging distance but I'd say the birds were somewhere between 10 meters (Mallard) to perhaps three times that away (first shot is cropped quite a bit).

The Gull shot was at 500mm, for the others I used the 1.4x extender. I can only say I'm really happy with the quality of the Mallard photo given it was at 700mm.

I'm pinching myself really, I'm lucky to be able to use this gear. Now I just need to live up to the potential and capture something more interesting than Mallards...
thomascanty
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 02:18
Excellent! I really like the mallard shot!
IanD
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 05:24
Me thinks that the learning curve is getting a little flatter:)
Excellent captures. #1 is espically nice.
rebel61021
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 05:37
great shots I really like that mallard shot.
Reigh Higgins
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 09:49
Beautiful shots!!
stoneylonesome
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 12:30
WOW! those shots are just plain FABULOUS great job and they are dead on sharp.. :)
Jessica Rabbit
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 15:05
The mallard shot knocked me off the chair!
Anders Östberg
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 15:09
Thanks guys!

Jessica, I'm sorry. Are you OK? :p
CyberDyneSystems
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 15:47
Oh my,. Fret,. your killing us here! These are superb! (and I dream about this lens pretty much daily) :rolleyes:
Anders Östberg
8th of March 2005 (Tue), 16:42
Oh my,. Fret,. your killing us here! These are superb! (and I dream about this lens pretty much daily) :rolleyes:

Thanks CDS! Please be sure to look in my other 500/4 thread (http://www.photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=61208), just to tempt you some more. :)