1st try with new monopod

saddler · 12 Feb 2006 at 20:24

Been out with my shiny new Manfrotto 681B & 486RC2 ball head. Very sturdy bits of kit. Not too heavy and more practical to cart around than a tripod.

Anyway some samples, all taken with Sigma 100-300 F4 with 1.4x converter on.

Had a bit of a play with a couple of them, any comments or suggestions welcome

John

Richard T · 12 Feb 2006 at 20:33

hey, nice woodpecker shot. dunno what the 2nd bird is... 1 and 4 for the win

Colin_da_Killer · 12 Feb 2006 at 23:06

woodpecker shot is really great! like the blurring effect of #2, it's kinda unusual and it diffenately I can imagine would improve the shot if it didn't have it.

Ghost in the Shell · 12 Feb 2006 at 23:07

nice work very sharp and clear

hoodmeister · 12 Feb 2006 at 23:10

Nice, what sort of shutter speeds were you using?

saddler · 12 Feb 2006 at 23:51

Thanks for the comments.

The bird in the second shot is a Dunnock, a quite common bird that is easily confused with a sparrow (well it is by me anyway)

The second and third shots were of taken at the edge of a pond so the background was mostly mud. I tried to do something to make the more interesting and took inspiration from my not completely sober state

Shutter speed were around 100-150th of a second and all at 420mm f8. Based on previous experience I doubt these would have come out without my monopod so money well spent I think.

DizMatt · 13 Feb 2006 at 09:30

quite like the vingetting or however you'd describe it in shot #2
very crisp for that sort of range..