Pied Bushchat

Here's sharing a near full frame capture of a Saxicola caprata (female shown, male is all black). At a mere 5 inches total length, I needed to get to within 20 feet of the bird to fill the frame.

20D + 500 f4 L IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 700 mm, f/7.1, ISO 400, 1/500 sec, manual exposure, hand held

Stunning as usual Romy. Unbelievably sharp.

lol is this a rare thing for you having to get within 20 feet of a bird to get a full frame with those huge lenses you have ...Very nice pose and tack sharp well done another amazing shot!


Brandon

NIcely posed, great details and lovely bokeh. Brilliant work Romy.

The full sized picture is mind-boggling!

^ What he said. Great capture.

Look at the DOF on the baranch. Perfect. Is it originally like that?

Excellent capture Romy. The detail is amazing.

Terrific looking shot with great light in the eye and on the bird. Perfect bokeh......Super!

Thanks all for the comments....

begovics wrote in post #2534529
Look at the DOF on the baranch. Perfect. Is it originally like that?

Yes, the DOF on the branch is as shot, not "blurred" in PS. At this very close shooting distance, the DOF is just about 0.75 inch even at f/7.1. I did clone out an OOF branchlet in the BG at the far right....

Romy

canonshooter4life wrote in post #2533726
lol is this a rare thing for you having to get within 20 feet of a bird to get a full frame with those huge lenses you have ...Very nice pose and tack sharp well done another amazing shot!

Brandon

Hi Brandon,

You'll be surprised that even 700 mm on a 1.6 CF body is often not enough magnification at very small birds to make full-frame captures. One also needs to have good stalking skills to get nearer the subject.

Here's a Striped Flowerpecker (Dicaeum aeruginosum ), an uncommon and very tiny Philippine endemic at 4" total length. I couldn't get closer than 50 feet to the tree it was feeding on. Even if I used 1600 mm on a 1.6 CF body, I still had to crop about 40% off in this posted version - 350D + Sigmonster + Canon 2x TC, f/16, ISO 800, 1/50 sec, tripod/gimbal head, manual exposure and focus:

Now I know why that lens costs a zilion.

that is stunning. You hand held that monster? I met a fellow canon photographer a few weeks ago, and he was lugging around the 500. I could never manage something that size.