1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc<\/em><\/p>\nThis shot illustrates both the blessing and the curse of using an attached teleconverter.\u00a0 If I hadn’t been using the tc for this image I’d have had two choices: 1),\u00a0 crop so that the hawk was much smaller in the frame which would have reduced the impact of the image or 2), crop so the bird was still this large in the frame which would\u00a0have significantly reduced image quality and increased noise.\u00a0 So I’m glad I had the tc on for this shot.<\/p>\n
However, after take-off this roughie unexpectedly\u00a0flew past me very close and I clipped or cut off many body parts in most of those images.\u00a0\u00a0 If I hadn’t been using the tc I’d likely have been able to get some pretty spectacular flight shots\u00a0with this nice background and good light.\u00a0<\/p>\n
You just never know…<\/p>\n
Ron\u00a0<\/p>\n
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I was looking down on this Rough-legged Hawk from an elevated road\u00a0when it decided to take off.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1\/3200, f\/6.3, ISO 500, 500 f\/4, 1.4 tc This shot illustrates both the blessing and the curse of using an attached teleconverter.\u00a0 If I hadn’t been using the tc for this image I’d have had two choices: 1),\u00a0 crop so that the hawk was much smaller in the frame which would have reduced the impact of the image or 2), crop so the bird was still this large in the frame which would\u00a0have significantly reduced image quality and increased noise.\u00a0 So I’m glad I had the tc on for this shot. However, after take-off this roughie unexpectedly\u00a0flew past me very close and I clipped or cut off many body parts in most of those images.\u00a0\u00a0 If I hadn’t been using the tc I’d likely have been able to get some pretty spectacular flight shots\u00a0with this nice background and good light.\u00a0 You just never know… Ron\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/p>\n
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