Birds at 600mm

[marc russo]

Having a play with my new toy Tamron 150-600. I went for a little get away down Myalup, Southwest .
Really loving this lens

Cormorant's resting on an old run down jetty by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr


Splendid Fairy Wren, Myalup, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr


Female Splendid Fairy Wren, Myalup, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr


Pair of Carnaby's Cockatoo's, Myalup, Western Australia by Marc Russo (Australia), on Flickr

[Sully]

Excellent images Marc
What is the widest aperture on this lens?

[pasley]

Yes well .........I need such a lens!

[Gordon]

What settings were you using, because the depth of field in No 1 image seems to be very shallow. Blurry foreground and only 1 bird really in focus. It would be interesting to know your f setting.

[P Plates]

Click on the photo which will take you to Marc's Flickr site and exif details are there Gordon. I know my Sigma 150-500 has an incredibly narrow DOF also so possibly this lens is similar.

[P Plates]

I really like the DOF in #1, isolating the one cormorant out of this group would be difficult. Also like #3, just a pity her feet are chopped off.

[marc russo]

Excellent images Marc
What is the widest aperture on this lens?

Thanks
f/5-6.3

[marc russo]

What settings were you using, because the depth of field in No 1 image seems to be very shallow. Blurry foreground and only 1 bird really in focus. It would be interesting to know your f setting.

Exif data

Canon EOS 7D

1/4000 sec

f/8.0

600 mm

ISO 640

[Gordon]

HI Marc .
Have you heard about an App called SetMyCamera.com I have used it a little and it can be used on both an iPhone or Tablet. Its really quite useful you set your camera into the app. Then you set the focal distance in your case 600mm and then the f stop. and the App calculates the depth of field for you. F.8 on a 7D @ 600mm only shows 1.6 metres but this increases up to 2.87meters at f14. Just looking at your settings it seems that you would have had some scope for movement. Hope you don't mind me sticking my bib in, I am always thankful for any hints I am given. Really like the Fairy Wren feet or no feet.

[marc russo]

I really like the DOF in #1, isolating the one cormorant out of this group would be difficult. Also like #3, just a pity her feet are chopped off.

Yep it took around 6 shots to get it right but worth the patience
Yeah i didnt want to crop the birds feet off but they were hidden behind the capping of a fence. Its not a keeper shot for me but i like how it shows the sharpness