A few songbirds from this morning..

[coastalconn]

I sent my 120-300 F2.8 back for some warranty service to fix the AF motor. Yup all the reports are true about that lens and reliability, so I will be shooting the Sigma 150-500 for the time being. I dialed AF fine tune to +1 and played with some songbirds. Frankly I am shocked that the lens is as sharp as it is. I think I left default sharpening in LR and just used .4 50% USM or HPS in photoscape. All at F8 and 500mm... Maybe a little boring but Comments welcome

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Itchy Male Cardinal by krisinct, on Flickr

2 Stupid branch OOF in front annoys me...

Female Cardinal by krisinct, on Flickr

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Junco 1 by krisinct, on Flickr

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Chipping Sparrow by krisinct, on Flickr

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House Finch by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[Lee337]

My jaw just hit the floor! Simply incredible photos! The contrast between the deep orange and jet black in the male is really striking. Nice job!

 

[Derrel]

I really loved the junco, with the shadow on its body. Very nice. Agree...the OOF on the cardinal female also hurts quite a bit, but to me, the sawed off end of the branch is equally hurtful to the shot. Too much a hand of man kinda distraction, to me at least.

 

[WesternGuy]

Kris, pretty good shots again. I am assuming from what you said at the start that these are all with the Sigma 150-500? Too bad about the OOF bit in the first one, but the second oen is just great.

WesternGuy