Loggerhead Shrike

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Irap

Irap

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Loggerhead Shrike Close-up
Nikon D850 and Tamron 150-600 G2

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They are great birds. They are also known as the Butcher Bird. They take toxic insects and impale them on thorn bushes and fences to dry them till they are detoxified and they then can eat them. We have a lot of Lubber Grasshoppers here in South Florida. They are a favorite meal for the Loggerhead Shrikes. I'll post a photo of them. They are very neat looking
 
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Well so much for the Tamron not being sharp enough, your photograph is very nice and detailed, totally like the soft background. Seems like Both you and the bird were in the zone! Is there anything you would have done different while making this photograph?
 
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Superb picture! I have to say, I am impressed with how smooth the background is. My Tamron is plenty sharp, especiallly at mid focusing distances like here but I always find the background too busy and distracting. You must have had the perfect separation as the result is awesome.
 
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Thanks so much FB101. I was pretty close to the bird @ 600mm, that’s why the background is so blurred.
 
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Otto said:
Well so much for the Tamron not being sharp enough, your photograph is very nice and detailed, totally like the soft background. Seems like Both you and the bird were in the zone! Is there anything you would have done different while making this photograph?
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To be honest my setting were not set to what I would of liked them to be. 1/1250 - f13 - ISO 1000, but it worked, go figure, I guess f13 at that focal length and distance works great. I did not adjust the sharpening in Lightroom. It is set to 40, no adjustment. It was the case of first shot of the day and not prepared in coming up on the bird. I was more involved in cropping the shot in camera and getting just the shot. I should have been more aware of my setting. I took this shot as I was walking up the stairs of the observation tower at the Loxahatchee Refuge. I try not to take photos of animals or birds with man made objects. He was on the hand rail of the stairs, so I cropped in camera to exclude the tower’s hand rail. The D850 finder is very accurate. I did crop a little from the sky on the top and sides in post. I did adjust the lens with Tamrons tap-in consol. I don’t have this lens anymore, I’m using the Nikon 200-500 and the 300pf now. I hope to get the 500pf in the future.
 
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Irap said:
To be honest my setting were not set to what I would of liked them to be. 1/1250 - f13 - ISO 1000, but it worked, go figure, I guess f13 at that focal length and distance works great. I did not adjust the sharpening in Lightroom. It is set to 40, no adjustment. It was the case of first shot of the day and not prepared in coming up on the bird. I was more involved in cropping the shot in camera and getting just the shot. I should have been more aware of my setting. I took this shot as I was walking up the stairs of the observation tower at the Loxahatchee Refuge. I try not to take photos of animals or birds with man made objects. He was on the hand rail of the stairs, so I cropped in camera to exclude the tower’s hand rail. The D850 finder is very accurate. I did crop a little from the sky on the top and sides in post. I did adjust the lens with Tamrons tap-in consol. I don’t have this lens anymore, I’m using the Nikon 200-500 and the 300pf now. I hope to get the 500pf in the future.
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Serendipity :) I often ask myself the question I asked you because I tend to get a little bit excited when I see something that catches my eye. And then I drop things and the like :) Looks like we are in the same path. I did exchange my Tamron for a the Nikon 200-500 and eyeing the 500PF. I'll guess I'll rent it and use if for a bit and see if it fits me. In any case thanks for your reply, an image my be worth a thousand words but sometimes the behind the scenes needs ten thousand. Very nice work.
 
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Otto said:
Serendipity :) I often ask myself the question I asked you because I tend to get a little bit excited when I see something that catches my eye. And then I drop things and the like :) Looks like we are in the same path. I did exchange my Tamron for a the Nikon 200-500 and eyeing the 500PF. I'll guess I'll rent it and use if for a bit and see if it fits me. In any case thanks for your reply, an image my be worth a thousand words but sometimes the behind the scenes needs ten thousand. Very nice work.
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I had the Tamron 150-600 G2 and the Tamron 100-400. I fine tuned both lenses, It took a while but I got them as best as they could be. The 150-600 was very snappy, seems to focus much quicker then the Nikon 200-500, but it wasn't as accurate. I'm getting a lot more keepers with the Nikon. But when the Tamron hit focus correctly, it was very sharp, even at 600. I also got the 300pf in place of the Tamron 100-400. It is a pleasure to carry around.
 
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Otto said:
Well so much for the Tamron not being sharp enough, your photograph is very nice and detailed, totally like the soft background. Seems like Both you and the bird were in the zone! Is there anything you would have done different while making this photograph?
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Thanks Otto
 
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