Hampshire (UK) Hogs group & groupies ensemble

Great shots Mark I wondered how you were getting great shots on sometimes overcast days (flash )
It must be nice to have nuthatch's visit your garden
Becky believe or not I actually went somewhere other than farlington getting shots
And the dartford was from iping common
Great shots from farlington love the godwit
Colin
PS if any ones interested I set up a group on Flickr a while back for photos taken at farlington
At the moment its only my shots on there but if any body has any good shots taken there please feel free to add them

Link https://www.flickr.com​/groups/2743542@N20/

Thanks Colin there are now 2 members as you were looking a bit lonely in there all on your own

Hi Colin. I looked at the Flickr Farlington thread and saw a couple of my shots already there.
I will add a few more soon.

Most impressed by the standard on here, though.

Thanks for joining me Mark I was feeling a bit lonely
Becky thanks for the comment about the standard of the photos on there
Don't now how any of your pics got on there with out you adding them ?
Colin

artyman wrote in post #17390234
Nice set of shots Becky, I just never seem to get time to get out and shoot these days.

Likewise Ken - Just don't seem to get the opportunity.

Hi all, had my copy of the Portsmouth news delivered today and to my amazement two of my photo's that are below were published in it.:afro:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/qHtA​wj

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/qEZV​j2

IMAGE LINK: http://s2.photobucket.​com …9/media/IMG_058​6.jpg.html

Congratulations, couple of great shots. I never thought to photograph my visitors, I just sat counting whilst I had my lunch.

Well done Mark as I said before I love the starling
Colin

cogs v wrote in post #17402719
Well done Mark as I said before I love the starling
Colin

artyman wrote in post #17401436
Congratulations, couple of great shots. I never thought to photograph my visitors, I just sat counting whilst I had my lunch.

Thanks guys.

Mark,

Superb shots!

Richard

Congratulations Mark, well deserved for those great shots.

Lowner wrote in post #17403823
Mark,

Superb shots!

Richard

Lester Wareham wrote in post #17404331
Congratulations Mark, well deserved for those great shots.

Thanks guys.

Looking for some advice!

I've borrowed a Canon 2X 111 EF Extender from my local camera shop but they kept the paper sheet of instructions.

I find that it will not auto-focus with my 100-400L lens on a 5D2, unlike my 1.4x which will happily AF on the same lens all day long. Is this because of something I'm doing wrong, or something I must live with?

Any response needs to be today, because I have promised to return it tomorrow (Saturday) and I need to have uploaded my images onto the PC and made a decision, which hopefully I can do tonight.

Any information gratefully received.

Richard, there is two stops light loss, so I think you will be at f11 if the wide open is f5.6 @ 400, not sure what the shorter end is on the 100-400. I am surprised the 5D2 is ok with the 1.4X, I thought that was limited to f5.6 and only the 5D3 and 7D2 had a centre f8 point. (of course the 1D series always have except briefly the 1Dx which was fixed with an upgrade).

Lester,

Many thanks for the prompt response.

So I will need to live with it if I understand you correctly?

I've done some comparison shots with both converters and am presently printing the results to study. The 800mm (2x) is clearer than the 560mm shot I've chosen. I've tried to exclude outside errors so both shots are tripod mounted and both have been cropped.

Again, I'm very grateful for your input.