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Posts: 2100 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 February 2020 at 23:56
Originally posted by rovhazman rovhazman wrote:

Ken, you are to blame that I have the FE 200-600mm and now I also got the 1.4xTC... Apparently, it is not enough to have the lens... (and yes, there are many nice bird around me!) Maybe I should ask you to write a tutorial in our Knowledge base forum??


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Posts: 12298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04 February 2020 at 19:10
Originally posted by rovhazman rovhazman wrote:

Ken, you are to blame that I have the FE 200-600mm and now I also got the 1.4xTC... Apparently, it is not enough to have the lens... (and yes, there are many nice bird around me!) Maybe I should ask you to write a tutorial in our Knowledge base forum??

Anyways, here are some example of what I manage to get with this lens (without the TC on it). Not even close to your great photos...


I agree that Ken has posted some excellent shots recentlym but I would be more than happy to shoot something like yours Shay!
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Posts: 3801 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13 February 2020 at 08:07
"Angry Bird"


occasionally, I capture these shots where the owl was in the act of blinking and get this annoyed or mad look, I think it's cute

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Angry Bird (Short-Eared Owl semi blinking) by Ken Cheng Photography, on Flickr
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Posts: 3801 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 February 2020 at 06:51
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Bald Eagle hunting by Ken Cheng Photography, on Flickr
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Posts: 8852 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 February 2020 at 07:21
More great shots from you Ken, with that killer kit and your mastery of technique (including lots of patience, both on site, and I'd imagine in reviewing, culling and post-processing at your computer).
I find it interesting to see the settings you are using by seeing the images with all the EXIF included on your Flickr site.
Although these results are being achieved with a top camera and lens that really cannot be emulated with any other combo, I suspect.
Thanks for sharing.
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Posts: 4855 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 February 2020 at 12:06


Originally posted by Jozioau Jozioau wrote:

Although these results are being achieved with a top camera and lens that really cannot be emulated with any other combo, I suspect.

gear porn it is! *drooooooool* but Ken is a true master!   

how much 'easier' does an A9 make this kind of sports?
assume you used a tripod? (since the images are so crisp! unless you are a serious sharpshooter? ;-)). does it have a swing head? and if so, what about limitations / frustrations? are there any? (asking because I can't imagine shooting flying birds from a tripod, while popping up 'everywhere'. always wondered how people manage to do that).
 



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Posts: 12298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 February 2020 at 12:43
This comes close to perfection Ken . TFS
Sony can stop their product development now, what more is there to improve???
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Posts: 3801 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 February 2020 at 04:41
thanks guys for the kind words!

the a9 and the 200600G is truely my prized possession. I would love to eventually shoot other wildlife... This summer we're going down to Montana by car... we're planning to go through eastern BC (towards Alberta) and hopefully get some shots of mountain goats/rams.
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Posts: 3801 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 February 2020 at 04:01
Dueling Birds (Short-Eared Owl vs Northern Harrier)


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Short-Eared Owl and Northern Harrier fighting by Ken Cheng Photography, on Flickr

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Posts: 8852 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 February 2020 at 04:31
Ken,
What an exceptional shot!! The stuff of 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year". If I were you I'd enter it.
I can imagine this is your pick of quite a series taken during the skirmish.
Who won??
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Posts: 3801 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 February 2020 at 04:47
Originally posted by Jozioau Jozioau wrote:

Ken,
What an exceptional shot!! The stuff of 'Wildlife Photographer of the Year". If I were you I'd enter it.
I can imagine this is your pick of quite a series taken during the skirmish.
Who won??


thanks! They both parted ways fine. In the area, they get into it here and there, but it's never "that" serious
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Posts: 19671 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 February 2020 at 05:48
Impressive, Ken .
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Posts: 2647 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 February 2020 at 08:00

Right place, right time, right gear and most importantly the right skills!
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Posts: 2100 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 February 2020 at 12:28
Originally posted by SnowFella SnowFella wrote:


Right place, right time, right gear and most importantly the right skills!


True, true......very well said.
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