{"id":7648,"date":"2011-11-27T22:24:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T02:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=7648"},"modified":"2011-11-27T22:24:54","modified_gmt":"2011-11-28T02:24:54","slug":"snow-goose-perfection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2011\/11\/27\/snow-goose-perfection\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow Goose Perfection?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Snow Goose in flight, Bosque del Apache NWR, San Antonio, NM. This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens<\/a>, the 1.4X III TC<\/a>, and the EOS-1D Mark IV<\/a>. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2\/3 stop off the blue sky 30 degrees above the horizon: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/9 set manually. <\/p>\n

Central Sensor (by necessity) Rear Focus\/AI Servo AF active at the moment of exposure. Click here<\/a> if you missed the Rear Focus Tutorial. Lens\/TC\/camera body Micro-adjustment<\/a>: +4. For a greater appreciation of the image, click on the photo. Then click on the enlarged version to close it.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

Snow Goose Perfection?<\/h3>\n

As you can see by looking at the BreezeBrowser<\/a> screen capture below, the image above is full frame. It was created on a very, very windy morning at 8:10 am. It was so windy that I cut the birds in half in more than a few images. Even though I expand the active AF point left and right as described in our Mark IV User’s Guide<\/a>, only the central sensor is active when you add a 1.4X TC to the 800 (that only when using a pro body). In other words, despite the fact that the sensor was not anywhere near the subject at the moment of exposure, the image is critically sharp. <\/p>\n

This wing position, the full downstroke, is my favorite; I just love the great look at the black primaries and the grey greater primary coverts and alula on the near wing. (See the great diagram here<\/a>.) I love the composition right out of the box and I love the sharpness and the light and the head angle angle. And I like the tone of the blue sky. <\/p>\n

I am not sure that I could have done any better. What do you think?<\/p>\n

Is This a Perfect Image?<\/h2>\n

Do you think that the image above is perfect? Please let us know yes or no and why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Earn Free Contest Entries and Support both the Bulletins and the Blog by making all your B & H purchases here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

More and more folks are earning multiple contest entries with their B & H purchases. See here<\/a> for details on that. Eleven great categories, 34 winning and honored images, and prize pools<\/a> valued in excess of $20,000. Click here<\/a> to visit the competition home page. <\/p>\n

Shopper’s Guide<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Below is a list of the gear used to create the image in today’s blog post. Thanks a stack to all who have used the Shopper’s Guide links to purchase their gear as a thank you for all the free information that we bring you on the Blog and in the Bulletins. Before you purchase anything be sure to check out the advice in our Shopper’s Guide<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Canon 800mm f\/5.L IS lens.<\/a> Right now this is my all time favorite super-telephoto lens.
\nCanon 1.4X III Teleconverter<\/a>. Designed to work best with the new Series II super-telephoto lenses.
\nCanon EOS-1D Mark IV professional digital camera body.<\/a> My two Mark IVs are my workhorse digital camera bodies. <\/p>\n

And from the BAA On-line Store:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

LensCoats<\/a>. I have a LensCoat on each of my big lenses to protect them from nicks and thus increase their re-sales value. All my big lens LensCoat stuff is in Hardwood Snow pattern.
\nLegCoat Tripod Leg Covers.<\/a> I have four tripods active and each has a Hardwood Snow LegCoat on it to help prevent further damage to my tender shoulders \ud83d\ude42
\nGitzo GT3530LS Tripod.<\/a> This one will last you a lifetime.
\nMongoose M3.6 Tripod Head.<\/a> Right now this is the best tripod head around for use with lenses that weigh less than 9 pounds. For heavier lenses, check out the Wimberley V2 head<\/a>.
\nCR-80 Replacement Foot for Canon 800<\/a>. When using the 800 on a Mongoose as I do, replacing the lens foot with this accessory lets the lens sit like a dog whether pointed up or down and prevents wind-blown spinning of your lens on breezy days by centering the lens directly over the tripod.
\n Double Bubble Level.<\/a> You will find one in my camera’s hot shoe whenever I am not using flash.
\nBe sure to check out our camera body User’s Guides here<\/a>.
\nThe Lens Align Mark II.<\/a> I use the Lens Align Mark II pretty much religiously to micro-adjust all of my gear an average of once a month and always before a major trip. Enjoy our free comprehensive tutorial here.<\/a>
\nCanon EOS-1D Mark IV User’s Guide<\/a>. Learn to use your Mark IV the way that I use mine. Also available for the 7D and the Mark III here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Snow Goose in flight, Bosque del Apache NWR, San Antonio, NM. This image was created with the tripod-mounted Canon 800mm f\/5.6L IS lens, the 1.4X III TC, and the EOS-1D Mark IV. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +2\/3 stop off the blue sky 30 degrees above the horizon: 1\/1600 sec. at f\/9 set manually. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-90","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7648"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7648\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}