Earning my new lens(es)!

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Andrew Lamberson said:
Great "tests" with some excellent results with high ISOs.
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It has been a great experience, especially going out every day and having lots of fun. It has revealed as I mentioned in one of my posts that I have yet to maximize what I have so today I went out and did some more 'hunting'.

The below is a hawk soaring overhead around 11:00AM. Side and backlit, this particular flight was much closer to me so I did not have to crop as much.

Nikon D850, Nikon 200-500mm, 500mm F/5.6 ISO 560 F1/1600 sec.
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Today I saw Pelicans, two different type of hawks, Red Shoulder Black birds, Egrets, Kites and Cormorants. All in the space of about 1.5 hours. I think I need to start devoting some more time in Photoshop and Lightroom and clean up my hard drives. :cool: I took my wife later to the area where I've been photographing and had her meet the Belted King Fisher in that area. Pretty neat!
 
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A common blue Jay doing its song and dance.

Part of my high ISO series. On the fence about this one :cool:

Sony A6600, Sony FE 200-600mm F/14 ISO 10,000 1/500 sec.
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How to make sure you don't get noice and royally screw up on exposure.

Nikon D850, Nikon 200-500mm F5.6 with TC1.4III, 700mm F8, ISO 140 1/50 sec.
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Where is the bird? I missed it. Another one got away.

I was out testing a combination of a Nikon mount Tamron 70-200mm G2 F2.8 with it's matching TC 1.4. Which effectively gives a 280mm F/4. But never mind that, check out the Bokeh! For an F4 280 combination on a Sony a6600 which then I get an FOV of 420.

Sad to say that this is the last time I'll use the adapter with this lens on my Sony. I dropped the entire contraption and now the adapter is kind of lose and m autofocus works intermittently. But the lesson is? I'm getting an F4 300mm. Till the time and place when I get actually get a 400 F2.8. Two or three years form now. I can wait. Meanwhile I'll keep working at it.

Sony A6600, Nikon mount Tamron 70-200mm F2.8 with TC 1.4, ISO 800 1/1000 sec.
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The portrait of Dorian Grey!
I'm considering a 300mm F/4. It will be most likely a Canon 300mm F4. I'll be able to use it on both my Sony A6600 and the Nikon Z6II. But it will depend on how my testing goes for a bout a week and half. I've forced myself to use an approximation with my a 70-200mm and TC1.4. This one is one of many where I can have little fun and mistakes actually are pleasant.


Nikon Z6II, Tamron 70-200mmG2 F/2.8 with Tamron TC1.4 ISO 2800, F/5.6 1/1000 sec.
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Oh Robin! Would you stand still for a second? Please!

Thank you!

Nikon 200-500mm F5.6 something, something!


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White Tailed Kite.

Part of the lens rental series. It just seems that whatever lens I have, the Nikon 200-500mm or another zoom at 600mm, I always end up on the top end of the zoom range. I'm thinking of renting a zoom up to 400mm and see if the sharper lens beats out the longer range.

Sony A6600 with Sone FE 200-600mm. 600mm F/6.3 ISO 1250, 1/2000 sec.
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