Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS II USM

Really nice cormorant fella.

Nipped up to Lee Valley this morning, cold n grey so wasn't expecting much - found a quite spot away from the dog walkers and just sat for 5 minutes, caught a slight movement out of the corner of my eye, lifted camera and:

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Right place, right time! I like those David, especially the last one, very good.

With the 1.4xIII

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #17443932
With the 1.4xIII

Very nice!
I just sold my 500L to get this lens together with the 1.4x and 2x III TC's. It's currently out of stock...I hope it will be here soon

Lars

larshkj wrote in post #17444174
Very nice!
I just sold my 500L to get this lens together with the 1.4x and 2x III TC's. It's currently out of stock...I hope it will be here soon

Lars

Lars, before you buy the 300 f2.8 IS II, I think you should consider the new 400 DO II.
According to LensRentals, the 400 DO II seems to provide slightly better IQ than the 300/1.4x combo.

http://www.lensrentals​.com …on-400m-do-ii-comparisons

The lenses are about the same price, and the 400 DO II weighs 1Lb less than the 300 and 1.4x together.
Using the 1.4x gives 560mm. I read a user report that said the 400/1.4x combo AF is very good.

Anyway, just an idea.

Perfectly Frank wrote in post #17445836
Lars, before you buy the 300 f2.8 IS II, I think you should consider the new 400 DO II.
According to LensRentals, the 400 DO II seems to provide slightly better IQ than the 300/1.4x combo.

http://www.lensrentals​.com …on-400m-do-ii-comparisons

The lenses are about the same price, and the 400 DO II weighs 1Lb less than the 300 and 1.4x together.
Using the 1.4x gives 560mm. I read a user report that said the 400/1.4x combo AF is very good.

Anyway, just an idea.

Thanks for the tip
But I got a call today from the store saying they got it in stock, so I bought it a few hors ago
I know about the 400 DO II, but I got a really good deal on the 300, so the 400 would be about USD1800,- more money, and I plan to use the 300 with my 5D3 for portraits and sports as well. I think it will be great for these uses.

Lars

larshkj wrote in post #17446065
Thanks for the tip
But I got a call today from the store saying they got it in stock, so I bought it a few hors ago
I know about the 400 DO II, but I got a really good deal on the 300, so the 400 would be about USD1800,- more money, and I plan to use the 300 with my 5D3 for portraits and sports as well. I think it will be great for these uses.

Lars

Congrats!
Looking forward to your photos.

2slo wrote in post #17455155

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rqby​q8 Fast food takeaway by 2slo7, on Flickr

That's simply awesome. How did you do the lighting?

Thanks. The bird already had a bit of light on it. I enhanced this by a gradual reduction in BG brightness in PS by about 25% coupled with an increase in brightness on the bird of about 10%. A radial gradient to subtly reduce the edge brightness (centred on the bird) finished it off.

Outstanding work Mark, the PP really works well and makes it 'pop'.

.DAVID.

Thanks David

This at f/2.8, no sharpening and a 100% crop:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/rswz​is