Sparrowhawk with lunch (Greenfinch)

Not posted for a while, so here goes.

This sparrowhawk (close cousin of the sharp-shinned hawk) took this hapless greenfinch in my back garden, and then calmly perched on the fence to consume it.

The weather was very dull needing 1/160 at f4(5.6 with the non-reporting TC) at 800 ISO, the lens was my 300 f4 with a cheapo (£60) TC.

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Nice catch none the less. Which TC did you use, the Kenko 1.5? Image quality goes down with that one, and I only use it when I have to. With the f/4 lens though, you should be able to use a better [reporting] one.

Ahhh...the uncertainty of nature well "captured".

Nice catch!

canonloader wrote in post #4763082
Nice catch none the less. Which TC did you use, the Kenko 1.5? Image quality goes down with that one, and I only use it when I have to. With the f/4 lens though, you should be able to use a better [reporting] one.

It says 'Teleplus' on it, but I suspect it is the Kenko one under a different label.

When I bought it I needed a non-reporting as my 70-300 is only f5.6 at 300, but the canon one is pencilled-in as the next 'upgrade'. Problem is, in the land of high taxes, high prices, and low pensions, upgrades come slowly.

Cooper911 wrote in post #4763184
Ahhh...the uncertainty of nature well "captured".

Howler-Cat wrote in post #4763404
Nice catch!

Thanks for the comments guys.

I suppose it's a sort of 'capture' of a 'capture!