They're lovely shots, Joel. Yes, the bird is perhaps a tiny bit softer, but
that could be the way the colour shows on the image; and the range of colours
looks very good.
Chris
On 16 May 14, at 21:51, DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> We have a bluebird in the area. He seems to use the tree to scope out
> something he likes to eat on the ground. He dive-bombs to the ground and
> then goes back up to another spot in the tree.
>
> There are two shots on this page:
>
> http://myweb.uiowa.edu/jfwilcox/
>
> The second is not as "classic" a pose, but it shows the bird about to
> launch himself to the ground. Both are cropped at about what looks like
> 33% pixels on the screen.
>
> I find it very hard to focus on this guy. He's so soft and puffy, the AF
> seems to want to grab onto a branch just a bit before him or just a bit
> beyond. Even at f8 and f11 DOF is pretty shallow with the lens fully
> racked out. I've never found the lens to focus as well as I would like at
> the long end, or maybe it's just a bit soft at the long end, which is how
> those lenses tend to be. It is
> what it is.
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