My first try at birding with my 2000mm lens.

[480sparky]

Went on a service call this morning, drove by a nearby pond and saw a dozen cars along size the road. At first, I thought there was one hell-uv-an accident. Then I saw everyone out with cameras, but by the time I realized that I was past them.

So on my way home, I noticed what the attraction was......... about twenty or so bald eagles. So I got home and loaded up my camera gear, along with my Celestron 2000mm telescope with T-adapter & Nikon F adapter.

This is the first shot I've been able to work with so far:

Nikon D7000, 2000mm f/8 lens, 1/800th sec., ISO 400 subject about 1,000 feet away. Captured in raw, edited in NX2 (color correcting, sharpening, slight cropping.

 

[jake337]

Although I think the Bokeh is somewhat dreadfull, I still like it! It's different and I always wondered what a wildlife shot with a telescope would look like. Very cool. Its pretty crazy how shallow of a DOF you get being 1000 feet away.

 

[cgipson1]

pretty wild! 1000 feet? Cool!

 

[480sparky]

..... 1000 feet? ......

What I figured using Google Earth.

 

[480sparky]

Second edited image:

This one was probably 1200 ft. out, so it needed a bit more cropping.

 

[480sparky]

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