Mrs Mallard

[SamFisher]

Another shot taken with the Tamron
Seems to work better at f8 in decent light
Still very much in the experimental stage.

70D + Tamron 150-600, 1/640 @ f8, ISO 400

Mallard Duck by mike.stephen99, on Flickr

[Stan]

Re: Mrs Mallard

Good shot of the Mrs, Mike

Stan

[SamFisher]

Re: Mrs Mallard

This appeared oversharpened when posted to Flickr - so much more than the original.
I reduced the sharpening in Aviary.
Seems to have done the trick - or has it?

Mike

[tesarver]

Re: Mrs Mallard

Very nice Mike.

Tom

[David Stallard]

Re: Mrs Mallard

ahh the obligatory 'duck shot with a new lens' - honestly, look around at all the photo's you take with a new lens and somewhere near the start of them will be a photo of a duck. . . . I have dozens lol.

Very nice capture and I like the position in the frame, background may have suffered a little with the sharpening but to be honest, I pay more attention to the main subject.

.DAVID.

[wayne2418]

Re: Mrs Mallard

Nice shot Mike.

[tesarver]

Re: Mrs Mallard

Well done Mike


Tom

[SamFisher]

Re: Mrs Mallard

Cheers Guys

So true David
We have the river nearby so what better place to try out the lens
On the rare days that I don't take the cameras I see loads of species
The day I do take them all I see are ducks, Herons and Dippers

[AndyMulhearn]

Re: Mrs Mallard

Nice shot Mike. According to the exif on Flickr it was shot at just over 300mm so I'd be interested to know how it goes at closer to 600mm and how is the AF at f6.3?

Now if Tamron would do the decent thing and get rid of the zoom and knock out either a 500mm or 600mm at f5.6 in the same price range, I'd have my credit card out like a shot...

[SamFisher]

Re: Mrs Mallard

Thanks Andy
This shot of the Lighthouse was taken from 3 miles away with the lens at 600mm

Aberdeen Lighthouse by mike.stephen99, on Flickr

[AndyMulhearn]

Re: Mrs Mallard

Thanks Mike. There's a decent amount of detail there isn't there.

[SamFisher]

Re: Mrs Mallard

Not bad Andy