CamFan01 Goldmember  4,623 posts Likes: 33 Joined Jul 2010 Location: Lilburn, GA More info | Feb 02, 2012 20:37 | #1 Just a few of shots of the backyard regulars while testing out a 500mm f/4L I'm thinking of keeping. I think I may like it, but I can tell you the birds were extra skittish today for some reason  "Big Mama"  Chipping Sparrow  Thanks for taking a look; any and all comments or critiques are certainly welcome. Steve
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snyderman Cream of the Crop  7,084 posts Likes: 8 Joined Nov 2008 Location: Wadsworth, Ohio More info | Feb 02, 2012 21:20 | #2 Yep, she's on Captain. Nice shots. Love the brown-headed Nuthatch. Light in just the right places! Canon 5D2 > 35L-85L-135L
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cfcRebel Cream of the Crop  10,252 posts Joined Feb 2005 Location: Austin, TX More info | Feb 02, 2012 22:39 | #3 Wow! i think something is in the water lately.... Everyone is gettin' some BIG GUN! Fee
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Great shots. Look on your left shoulder Steve, see that little Devil sitting there, he's whispering, ' Keep the lens, keep the lens'.
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Grizz Cream of the Crop  More info | Feb 03, 2012 04:50 | #5 Nice shots! Hmmm 500 f/4L Whats to think about? KEEP IT!!!!! Craig * Canon 7D Mark II * 60D * 10D * Tamron SP 150-600 f/5-6.3 Di VC USD * EF 400 5.6L USM * EF 17-40 4.0L USM * EF 70-210 4.0 * EF 28 2.8 * EF 50 1.8 MK1*Flickr
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Don1 Cream of the Crop  More info | Feb 03, 2012 06:43 | #6 Nice series Steve. I really like that Pileated and his pose. Don
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LevinadeRuijter I'm a bloody goody two-shoes!  23,005 posts Gallery: 457 photos Best ofs: 12 Likes: 15602 Joined Sep 2008 Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, EU More info | Feb 03, 2012 06:48 | #7 Big investment, but if you can afford it: go for it!! I'm sure it would be in very good hands. Already liking what I see here. The first is so cool, sticking it's little head in that cone of light. Great stuff, Steve. Wild Birds of Europe: https://photography-on-the.net …showthread.php?p=19371752
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Feb 03, 2012 08:23 | #8 Funny how y`all are all so easy w/my money - snyderman wrote in post #13816174  Yep, she's on Captain. Nice shots. Love the brown-headed Nuthatch. Light in just the right places! dave Thanks Dave. Definitely one of those right time-right place kind of shots. cfcRebel wrote in post #13816538 Wow! i think something is in the water lately.... Everyone is gettin' some BIG GUN!  Keep it Steve, KEEEEEP IT!!! Everybody's water Fee....everybody's! It sure looks like a keeper, but more testing to come. Thx for your feedback. 2slo wrote in post #13817503 Great shots. Look on your left shoulder Steve, see that little Devil sitting there, he's whispering, ' Keep the lens, keep the lens'.  He's right, listen to him!!! I'm not sure my "little Devil" isn't yelling Mark Grizz wrote in post #13817572 Nice shots! Hmmm 500 f/4L Whats to think about? KEEP IT!!!!! (or send it over here) Appreciate the feedback Craig....even if there is a slight hint of "self-serving" in there - Don1 wrote in post #13817794 Nice series Steve. I really like that Pileated and his pose. Very nice of you to say Don. I have a lot of fun when "Big Mama" is around. Levina de Ruijter wrote in post #13817814 Big investment, but if you can afford it: go for it!! I'm sure it would be in very good hands. Already liking what I see here. The first is so cool, sticking it's little head in that cone of light. Great stuff, Steve. It is a tough decision for just the reason you mention Levina, but it is where I wanted to go so I'm thinking about it real hard. Those nuthatches are hard to beat for "cool"....thanks for the compliment as always. Steve
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WallaceRiver " ...a bit of a pervy voyeur "  More info | Great variety Steve. We don't have the brown-headed nuthatches here. And just buy that lens, you'll never regret it and you'll have it forever. IAN - Living life on the shores of the Wallace River in northern Nova Scotia, Canada :
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dbriz POTN MILLIONAIRE  8,984 posts Joined Feb 2009 Location: Arrowhead of Minnesota More info | Feb 03, 2012 09:09 | #11 Maybe it is my iMac monitor, but the sharpness especially around the eyes and head of the images look over sharpened... especially on the Pileated and Chipping Sparrow. However, the sharpness and detail on the wings and body look very natural... Especially the Chipping Sparrow... of course I don't know the light circumstance... at any rate, I am positive that lens would make you a happy camper... 7d, 50D, 400mm f/5.6, 300mm f/4, 70-200mm f/4 IS, 50mm f/1.8
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ardeekay Cream of the Crop  More info | Feb 03, 2012 11:53 | #12 I'd like to have one! Great shots! Rog
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dgraham329 Cream of the Crop 11,133 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jan 2010 Location: Central Oklahoma More info | Feb 03, 2012 16:39 | #13 great series, Steve - I think you'll love that lens
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Feb 03, 2012 19:52 | #14 Keesbeest wrote in post #13818138 Great shots! I appreciate it K-b! Thanks for commenting. Wallace River wrote in post #13818166 Great variety Steve. We don't have the brown-headed nuthatches here. And just buy that lens, you'll never regret it and you'll have it forever. Thank you Ian. That lens is growing on me more and more - dbriz wrote in post #13818321 Maybe it is my iMac monitor, but the sharpness especially around the eyes and head of the images look over sharpened... especially on the Pileated and Chipping Sparrow. However, the sharpness and detail on the wings and body look very natural... Especially the Chipping Sparrow... of course I don't know the light circumstance... at any rate, I am positive that lens would make you a happy camper... Good luck on your decision Steve.Dave Thank you Dave as always. Not sure why they look oversharpened as I underprocessed these if anything, but I'll check with you about it via PM. ardeekay wrote in post #13819280 I'd like to have one! Great shots! Thanks Rog. I'm still deciding, but it's looking like a keeper more and more. dgraham329 wrote in post #13820820 great series, Steve - I think you'll love that lens Much appreciated Dean. I do love the lens; the question becomes do I love the soup and crackers I have to eat for months to be able to pay for it - Steve
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NoAngle Goldmember 1,187 posts Joined Dec 2011 Location: Socal, CA More info | Feb 03, 2012 21:27 | #15 These look fantastic, and I would keep that 500 if it is affordable to do so. Also on my monitors none of them look over sharpened at all they look great. 7D / 70-200 F4L IS / 400 5.6L / 50mm 1.8 / 18-55 Kit / CS5 plus other software.
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