And again a 10 new days to show >no limits< ... our Best, Spectacular, Art, or Everyday .... interesting shots.
Please state if SOOC or edited
( that's not yet part of EXIF data 😁 )
EDIT > correct dates in Title
Amending with recharged batteries 😁
I did a pass in the park coming back home this morning - I'm still One-handed, so vertical is a better balance
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Raining needles > SOOC
This one was already in the camera, but couldn't download it before.
Black Petunia > PL6
A 2.5 hour road trip to Canberra to chase some Scarlet Robins and Rose Robins that are a little thin on the ground here in Sydney. It was very successful and very enjoyable.
Best viewed at full screen size
1) Scarlet Robin
Z9 + 800 f.3 PF, 1/500s f/6.3 at 800.0mm iso250
2) Scarlet Robin
Z9 + 800 f.3 PF, 1/800s f/6.3 at 800.0mm iso450
3) Scarlet Robin
Z9 + 800 f.3 PF, 1/800s f/6.3 at 800.0mm iso450
4) Scarlet Robin - female
Z9 + 800 f.3 PF, 1/400s f/6.3 at 800.0mm iso400
5) Rose Robin
Z9 + 800 f.3 PF, 1/250s f/6.3 at 800.0mm iso1000
6) Rose Robin
Z9 + 800 f.3 PF, 1/640s f/6.3 at 800.0mm iso4500
7) Gang Gang Cockatoo
Z9 + 800 f.3 PF, 1/200s f/6.3 at 800.0mm iso720
On a clear night recently I managed to get some decent hand-held, VR and IBIS assisted, shots of the crescent moon with my Z9 and 800PF plus also with teleconverters.
So here is a comparison of sample full size Crescent Moon shots with Z9 & 800PF, 800PF x 1.4 & 800PF x 2:
First the bare 800PF:
Next the 800PF with the Z 1.4TC (= 1120mm lens):
Finally with the Z 2x TC (= 1600mm lens):
I find that inspection of these at full size shows that the 1600mm version clearly resolves the most detail .. which is not quite what I had expected as I thought that the 2x converter would lose as much as it gained in magnification, especially trying to use the setup hand-held!
Frank
Nice moon shots, and thank you for the TC information. 1.24 second exposure, is that right? I would love to see what the bare lens would produce with low ISO and fast shutter speed.
Hi Ernie, thanks for the comments ... and no the shutter speed was nothing like 1.24 seconds! I hadn't noticed but it seems that the site has mis-read the EXIF data. Not sure why, perhaps because the EXIF data got partially corrupted by a stage in processing with a pass through Faststone?
So here's the actual exposure settings I used for each shot:
800mm : 1/2000th sec at f/6.3 ISO800, -2.67ev exp comp
1120mm: 1/400th sec at f/10 ISO800, -2ev exp comp
1600mm: 1/400th sec at f/14 ISO1600, -2ev exp comp
I had thought that pushing to use the lens at 1600mm hand-held might be a bit too ambitious. The Z 2x converter works better than I expected with this lens!
Frank
I am really loving using the 85 1.2 wide open for indoor basket. I never expected it to work so well for such use.
To avoid cross posting here is a link to the thread
dprevived.com/t/from-wild-animals-safari-park-in-ga-usa/2896/
These are pretty intersting, and a much different look at subject isolation than the usual sports photos I see. I'm surprised there's that much dof at 1.2 though, but you might be decently far away
Very, very good. Love them
