Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM

I don't see much of the wildlife living in my local Provincial Park these days. My hiking buddy is very noisy, but thankfully he's cute:

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Rough morning I guess or was it a wild night.

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^^^Mmmm...I know just how he felt!


Now this was a quiet night!

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^^ Ricardo, it's simply beautiful .... ^^

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patrickf117 wrote in post #16096200
^^ Ricardo, it's simply beautiful .... ^^


JB1B4769 by OC PAT, on Flickr

Thank you very much Patrick. And your work seems to become even more spectacular...not to metion your PP...just love that b&w!

1DMKII + 300 F4L IS + 2xII <--- 600mm

Looks like this will be my setup for the upcoming US OPEN of SURFING.

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Pat that is a heavy load. My guess is that you will not be hand holding like you usually do.

Nice shot, pat! Can't wait for my 2X to arrive.

Canon Dog wrote in post #16101596
Pat that is a heavy load. My guess is that you will not be hand holding like you usually do.

^^ Paul, you know me I'm not a tripod guy. It's a lil bit heavy but tolerable hehehe. Btw, construction is on the way for the upcoming US OPEN. I see ya there...

kesterc wrote in post #16102021
Nice shot, pat! Can't wait for my 2X to arrive.

^^ Thanks...It's cool to be at the 600mm but it takes a lil hit on the AF on my 1D-series bodies and the IQ can be corrected during pp. It needs a lot of LIGHT that I can tell ya. Enjoy yours and post 'em up

Handheld @ 1/8000 f9 ISO 1600 ----> 600mm

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Several places I've read that it will help to stop down to f11. How are you finding that ?

kesterc wrote in post #16102445
Several places I've read that it will help to stop down to f11. How are you finding that ?

^^ I will try on my next outing...stay tuned ^^

1DMKII + 300 F4L IS + 2.xII @ 600mm <-----

FInally summer is officially here in Southern California

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Ricardo,
Just for you. They won today.
On another note, I have determined that my 1.4xii really is not that good for long shots. IQ takes a beating

Cheers, Kevin...thank yoiu very much! Yes well I'm glad they didn't come second!

As you may well know, "There is no second".
The rest is on the "July 9" file along with a couple movies.

Spent the Thursday morning with Pat (finally met him and Butch) in THE WEDGE, and this shot was taken in Huntington beach that morning too. Critics welcome this is my first try of shooting surfers and definitely I'd love to do it again. Thank you Pat and Butch for meeting up with me I appreciate the hospitality of both of you and Dan O.

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