{"id":17935,"date":"2014-01-19T14:07:09","date_gmt":"2014-01-19T18:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=17935"},"modified":"2014-08-18T04:20:03","modified_gmt":"2014-08-18T08:20:03","slug":"300-f2-8l-is-or-200-400-f4l-is-with-internal-tcwhich-is-the-best-lens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2014\/01\/19\/300-f2-8l-is-or-200-400-f4l-is-with-internal-tcwhich-is-the-best-lens\/","title":{"rendered":"300 f\/2.8L IS or 200-400 f\/4L IS with Internal TC\/Which is the best lens?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Streak…<\/h3>\n

My two flights yesterday went smoothly but 24 hours later, Friday night’s scratchy throat had turned into a full-blown head cold. Last night my nose was running like a sieve, I was badly congested, I had a nasty headache, my throat hurt, I had sinus pain, and of course, my teeth hurt too. Sleep was very hard to come by. I was up every 20 minutes or so sneezing and coughing. I did sleep well from 2:38am until 4:08am. I eventually got up for good at 7am and began working on finishing this blog post. I had written most of it on the plane on Saturday; as I type now at 7:26am,, I need to work on the images. <\/p>\n

Here are my NFL picks: Denver (I do not like Pretty Boy) and Seattle. <\/p>\n

You gotta love head colds. I am feeling a bit better right now. Heck, things could be a lot worse. My good friend James Shadle has been in the hospital for a week with bi-lateral pneumonia; please join me in wishing him a s speedy recovery so that he can begin taking folks out to Alafia Banks in Tampa Bay for some great Roseate Spoonbill photography. Get well soon Froggie!<\/p>\n

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This landing Brown Pelican was photographed with the Canon EF 200-400mm f\/4L IS USM Lens with Internal 1.4x Extender<\/a> (hand held with the internal TC in place at 320mm) and the Canon EOS-1D X<\/a>. ISO 800. Evaluative metering +1\/3 stop: 1\/2500 sec. at f\/5.6 in Av mode. <\/p>\n

Central Sensor\/AI Servo–Rear Focus AF on the top of the bird’s head active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> to see the latest version of the Rear Focus Tutorial. Click on the image to see a larger version.<\/p>\n

The 200-400 is an incredibly effective flight photography lens. Being able to frame each image by zooming in or out as needed with the 200-400 is a huge advantage over a fixed focal length lens. <\/strong><\/center><\/h2>\n