Brown Shrike

Here's sharing a male Lanius cristatus, a common migrant to our islands that usually leaves to breed up north by May and returns at around August.

40D + Sigmonster + Sigma 1.4x TC, 1120 mm, ISO 1250, 1/60 sec, f/13, MF via Live View, manual exposure in available light, 475B tripod/3421 gimbal head:

wow - that's a perfect shot, Romy - love the pose, detail, color, bokeh - it's all good.

what a beautiful bird. nicely done there.

Bill 1

Excellent Capture!!!

Excellent shot was that shot with the 300-800 lens

Wow, excellent shot, great color!

Superb image.

Great detail; beautiful lighting & Exposure.
Love the softness of the feathers..I can feel them !

Nice detail!

wonderfull shot. shrikes are the coolest little birds

Very nice shot Romy, beautiful bird.

Oustanding image, Romy, really beautiful.

Lovely shot Romy, of a beautifull bird,

Thanks all for the comments, much appreciated.

Emarf wrote in post #5878181
Excellent shot was that shot with the 300-800 lens

Yes, this was with the Sigma 300-800 DG + Sigma 1.4x TC.

Romy

A beautiful bird captured amazingly

liquidstone wrote in post #5876296
Here's sharing a male Lanius cristatus, a common migrant to our islands that usually leaves to breed up north by May and returns at around August.

40D + Sigmonster + Sigma 1.4x TC, 1120 mm, ISO 1250, 1/60 sec, f/13, MF via Live View, manual exposure in available light, 475B tripod/3421 gimbal head:

Regards,

Romy

This is astonishing. I find it unbelievable that one could attach a 1.4 TC onto a zoom lens of such a focal length as that and get these incredibly awesome results. This sure shows me how much I have to learn about using my equipment. Sheesh, thanks for sharing.