First Day with new 70-200mm F4L

I just got this lens hours ago, I decided to take a stroll down by the Lake to get the obligatory duck shots, stumbled on this Bird(Hawk?). I am very new to photography, so any critique or PP will be appreciated

These are straight from the camera. I did not shoot RAW either.

cropped- 200mm f/4 1/1600 ISO400

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Lucky you - it's a hawk but I not qualified to say what kind. Eating one of it's own species - nice. Color and focus good - background a little distracting but hey you just got the lens.

...and it is a spectacular lens, almost as sharp as my primes.

thank you.
Unfortunatly this was the only angle I could take the pic. She had a lake behind her, a Family picnicking in front of her, and a bunch of trees on her left. She does kinda get lost in the trees, but i am happy with the results.

oh, BTW I meant to post this in the birds section, but must of hit the wrong section(I have a finicky touchpad on the laptop)

Man - now I know that I got to get me one of these.
I may have to go with 4IS
Great shot.

nice shots.
if youre shooting @ 1/1600, you could even increase the ss and lower the iso or stop down a stop. but a great start!

were those hand held at 200mm?? I'm on the verge of getting this lens...

flipstyle72 wrote in post #4868052
were those hand held at 200mm?? I'm on the verge of getting this lens...

yup

a tad overexposed but nice shots, I wish we had birds of prey here

Congrats on the new lens, I agree with rockabilly808 but for the most part nice shots. Thanks for sharing.

Nicely done, Roland!! I'd say the shots need slightly better exposure (they might be a touch over exposed) but other than that, they are good to go!

Congrats on that new lens you got! It'll serve you well!!! (And will soon make you long for the 70-200 f/2.8L . Trust me on that! )

Not bad at all for a first day out with the new toy, keep 'em coming!

Thanx to everybody with your kind comments!

To those who say its a tad "overexposed" I do see what your saying, but how to I adjust my camera to compensate. Is it as easy as turning the exposure down or is it something else?

if youre shooting in manual mode (which i'd hope with that equipment), you could change the iso to 100, or you could stop down to f/6.3 or so. or even increase the shutter speed to 1/2000, but i'd start by lowering the ISO first.

Great capture! This is better than the duck shot you went looking for. I tried to correct the exposure a little.

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Wow thats beautiful, they are such amazing birds. Your lucky you came across him. How far were you for him to not get startled and fly off?
This was hand held? What about if the subject was flying or moving real fast, do you think you could achieve the same with sharpness, I believed you desired?
Also could we see a 100% Crop of his face.
Sorry if it sounds like I"m interrogating you, I'm just really trying to figure out what lens to purchase. I just got your response on the other board.