GAPS2 - Marico Flycatcher

The African bush is filled with fast-flittin' 'little brown birds' that are easy to ignore because you just can't get a fix on any. When you actually find one that is prepared to sit for more than a second then most are very pretty and worth a shot like this little Flycatcher.

1D Mk II N with 400mm 5.6 and 1.4x at 560mm, f10, 1/500, 200 ISO

A real cutie.

Beautifull, when we visit the parks we call those brown birds " V V V's " - vreemde vaal voeltjies, that is Afrikaans for unknown dull birds

What a pretty bird... Nice capture...

Johan Groenewald wrote in post #6358540
Beautifull, when we visit the parks we call those brown birds " V V V's " - vreemde vaal voeltjies, that is Afrikaans for unknown dull birds

About sums it up. They're everywhere.

NICE! bokeh in the first pic is simply stunning!

Great VVV shot!

great shots, really like the first one.

How do you find the 400 5.6 + 1.4x combo? I'm thinking of getting a converter to add onto my MkII + 400 5.6 for birding and longer shots.

Two beautiful shots. Love the bokeh in the first shot and the perch in the second. Excellent work.

Beautiful images. Detail is very good. Well done.

Cheers for the comments. Much appreciated as I ain't really a birder.

herbe_nelson wrote in post #6363903
great shots, really like the first one.

How do you find the 400 5.6 + 1.4x combo? I'm thinking of getting a converter to add onto my MkII + 400 5.6 for birding and longer shots.

Well it is an awesome combo because the 400mm has the quality wide open, so at 8.0 with the TCon you can still do fine in good African light. I kept the tcon on most of the time and got some great shots. Use of AF with the Mk II N just makes life very easy with 560mm compared to a non 1D body.