Snowy-bellied hummingbird !

[ButlerKid]

Photographed with the new-to-me 600mm f6.3 PF in DX mode using a Z8.

For the full resolution image, click HERE

900mm f6.3 1/125 ISO 1600

 

[Levi]

Beautiful bird and photo. Thank you for sharing.

Levi

 

[ChrisSinSeattle]

Karen,
Very nice capture, I haven't seen a Hummingbird with that coloring
Chris S.

 

[JPtri]

la netteté est impressionnante

 

[Nasos Kosmas]

Nice capture, nice colours overall!

 

[BertieB]

I had a quick look at full res photo, excellent and well done!

 

[Louis champan]

Beautiful bird and equally beautifully shot.

 

[ElenaH]

Fantastic!! Beautiful bird and beautiful image!
Again I like the bokeh .. ;-)
who could have thought that boken of f6.3 is so pleasing?
How are you happy with 600PF? It must be superb for the bird photography. But how are you satisfied with the image quality? and AF? in comparison to 180-600

 

[maxxus46]

Excellent! You will love this lens . Take care

Photographed with the new-to-me 600mm f6.3 PF in DX mode using a Z8.

For the full resolution image, click HERE

900mm f6.3 1/125 ISO 1600

 

[ButlerKid]

Fantastic!! Beautiful bird and beautiful image!
Again I like the bokeh .. ;-)
who could have thought that boken of f6.3 is so pleasing?
How are you happy with 600PF? It must be superb for the bird photography. But how are you satisfied with the image quality? and AF? in comparison to 180-600

Thank you, Elena!

I am VERY impressed with the 600mm PF! Focusing speed is fine and the resolution of fine feather details is impressive. It rained most of the trip (we were in deep forests most of the time), so I was constantly balancing shutter speed versus high ISOs. UGH! When I got home, I bought DxO's Pure Raw for noise reduction. After running images through Pure Raw and a little exposure tweaks in ACR, I found there was little else to do but post the images!

I would never consider a super zoom like the 180-600. Too big and heavy for me, and most of the focal range would go unused most of the time. I took my 100-400 and only used it a few times. The 600mm PF stayed glued to my Z8! When I needed more reach, I switched to DX mode. That worked for me and the image quality was excellent.

 

[maxxus46]

I also own the 600pf and have also shot with the 600 TC... Besides smoother bokeh of the 600TC & 1-1/3rd stop light gathering advantage, the IQ is very very close. I'd say sharpness is a draw. The advantage with the 600Pf is is super light and very small .
You can handhold this lens all day and walk away with pro level images. So yeah it's a phenomenal, lightweight tele prime!

Fantastic!! Beautiful bird and beautiful image!
Again I like the bokeh .. ;-)
who could have thought that boken of f6.3 is so pleasing?
How are you happy with 600PF? It must be superb for the bird photography. But how are you satisfied with the image quality? and AF? in comparison to 180-600

 

[ElenaH]

When I got home, I bought DxO's Pure Raw for noise reduction. After running images through Pure Raw and a little exposure tweaks in ACR, I found there was little else to do but post the images!

Exactly. That is why I like DXO PureRAW. I use it already from the first version. And now I look at processed photos and think: what shall I do more with the image?

The 600mm PF stayed glued to my Z8! When I needed more reach, I switched to DX mode. That worked for me and the image quality was excellent.

Thank you! I am just thinling about it as well... because of weight... and I love Bee-eaters so much ..!

I also own the 600pf and have also shot with the 600 TC... Besides smoother bokeh of the 600TC & 1-1/3rd stop light gathering advantage, the IQ is very very close. I'd say sharpness is a draw. The advantage with the 600Pf is is super light and very small .
You can handhold this lens all day and walk away with pro level images. So yeah it's a phenomenal, lightweight tele prime!

cool.. Thank you! My store promised me a good price so, I think, I need seriously think about it ;-) or just don't think and buy ;-)

 

[Steve]

Nice!!!

 

[Irap]

Beautiful Image Karen, where was it taken?

 

[ButlerKid]

Beautiful bird and photo. Thank you for sharing.

Levi

Thank you so mcuh!

Karen,
Very nice capture, I haven't seen a Hummingbird with that coloring
Chris S.

Central America has a large variety of hummers! This one gave me a nice pose.

la netteté est impressionnante

Thank you!

Nice capture, nice colours overall!

Glad you liked it!

I had a quick look at full res photo, excellent and well done!

Thanks, Bertie!

Beautiful bird and equally beautifully shot.

Appreciate it, Louie!

Excellent! You will love this lens . Take care

I'm already in love with it!

Nice!!!

Ahhhh......thanks, Steve!

Beautiful Image Karen, where was it taken?

Thank you, Ira. Recently I went on a 2 week birding photo trip in Panama.

 

[sh1209]

Great image!