Egyptian Vulture

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Taken at Africa Alive (Kesingland Zoo)
Canon 7D + Sigma 120-300mm f2.8

So got to the zoo after nearly a year of saying "maybe next weekend". 120-300mm works great; sometimes a little long and I wanted to reach for my 70-200mm but the 300mm end is great for getting just a little closer and getting a bit more personal or at least removing distracting zoo buildings/fences from the shot.

 

[ZombiesniperJr]

Nice shot

 

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I like it. Wider would give me more to look at, but the bust shot is nice too.

 

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My thanks both - sadly a wider angle was risky considering that the wire was already a problem to shoot through; that and 120mm doesn't give a whole lot of room to move around in (esp when you have to stay close to the wire to keep it as much out of shot as possible).

 

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Understandable. Sometimes you can out of focus the wires so badly they virtually disappear if the subject is far enough away, but in a small pen that's not an option.

(Argh, my x-rite is screaming that it's been a week since my monitor was calibrated so I better go give it some love so it shuts up. )

 

[tirediron]

Someone's having a bad feather day!

 

[weepete]

Nicely done!

 

[zombiesniper]

Great shot.
I like the portrait.

 

[jcdeboever]

Looks like they finally put Rod Stewart in a cage...

 

[robbins.photo]

Taken at Africa Alive (Kesingland Zoo)
Canon 7D + Sigma 120-300mm f2.8

So got to the zoo after nearly a year of saying "maybe next weekend". 120-300mm works great; sometimes a little long and I wanted to reach for my 70-200mm but the 300mm end is great for getting just a little closer and getting a bit more personal or at least removing distracting zoo buildings/fences from the shot.

Great shot. I really like my 1.4 TC in combo with the 70-200 mm for a lot of zoo shots, 98-280 turns out to be extremely usable at the zoo and the 1.4 seems to have pretty negligible impact on image quality.

 

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Thanks all

Robins - yes a 1.4TC is a great thing on a 70-200mm and as you say it typically has little impact on image quality (thre is, of course, some but very marginal esp once processed for display)