Some Killdeer with my new glass

Got my 400mm f5.6 today, this lens is ridiculous! I was out for 30min and found some Killdeer nesting in gravel.

These are pretty much 50% crops, this is why i bought this lens, crazy sharp wide open. Brilliant.

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It works great, Allan! And I'd say you got your knees dirty

Congrats on the new glass ,it seems to be working superbly for you .

Beautiful and well focused images. I think you did hit a jackpot with your 400 F5.6
I had to send mine to Canon for calibration and it is still lacking a bit
Keep 'em coming

Nicely done, handheld or tripod??
looking foward to seeing more
cheers Rick

Congrats on the new lens Allan, two very nice shots, love the low angle.

Beautiful images Allan and I'm sure there will be many more to come.

Great choice of lens. Fine images.

Wallace River wrote in post #14093064
It works great, Allan! And I'd say you got your knees dirty

Thanks, I had to sneak up to them nice and low behind a wood pile

andrewhuxman wrote in post #14093146
Congrats on the new glass ,it seems to be working superbly for you .

Thanks, loving it so far!

icencold wrote in post #14093167
Beautiful and well focused images. I think you did hit a jackpot with your 400 F5.6
I had to send mine to Canon for calibration and it is still lacking a bit
Keep 'em coming

I hope yours gets fixed!! So far an amazing lens.

justrick wrote in post #14093183
Nicely done, handheld or tripod??
looking foward to seeing more
cheers Rick

Handheld Rick, the ss was around 1/2000 ISO 200 i think so no problem there.

Joe52 wrote in post #14093211
Congrats on the new lens Allan, two very nice shots, love the low angle.

Thanks, I love the DOF this lens gives!

Don1 wrote in post #14093333
Beautiful images Allan and I'm sure there will be many more to come.

Thank you, I'll be off to see some eagles soon!

2slo wrote in post #14093355
Great choice of lens. Fine images.

Thanks!

One more thing, I need to calibrate my monitors, do these look OKAY? (exposure etc?) I turned down the brightness on mine and upped contrast a bit... Not sure how they look.

Congrats on the new lens and It looks like it's in great hands. Very nice pair of shots.

Looks great.
Now fix your signature!

Nice work, Allan.

Allan, first, congrats on the new glass. Now, it is results like that which make me wonder if I should sell the 100-400 and go for the 400. I look forward to seeing more!

Excellent shots of the killdeer Allan, I'm sure you'll gonna love the glass Congrats!

nice shots, and welcome to the 400mm f/5.6 club!

Allan, this lens is so sharp it works very well with my 1.4x III TC too.

enjoy it, because the next level up is major $$$$, which i have not got to yet, lol!