Learning new lenses
A couple months ago I picked up a RF 100mm f/2.8 Macro L and I am putting it through it's paces to see what I can come up with.
The first is a multiple stack of the underside of a Sand Dollar.
The second is a multiple stack of a Sea Star (AKA: Starfish).
The third are grapes from our garden.
And the final is a fly on Latana Verbena.
About three weeks later I picked up a Canon FD 800mm f/5.6 SSC (9.48 pounds/4,300grams). A beast to handle!
First photo is the lens mounted and waiting for some action.
Second is a pair of Turkey Vultures hanging around down at the river.
Third is a Fawn (of course) Columbian Black-tail.
Still learning and having a great time at it.
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That 800mm beast is a good advertisement for a sturdy tripod. I shoot regularly handheld from a moving car with an older Nikon 400mm on a camera body that does not have IBIS, and I feel extremely lucky getting sharp, reasonably well-framed images maybe 20% of the time. Some of this is because I'm shooting through the windshield, and some is because my driver (wife) cannot drive in a steady, straight line and seems to aim for every pothole. (Thankfully, she does not read my postings here. And if she did, I'm sure she would counter with my inability to hold the camera steady.)
I think I know someone who attended the same Driving School. I decided that my ball head wasn't the best option for the beast, so I picked up a gimble that works flawlessly.
Some pretty good shots Dean, the Starfish, looks pretty cool up close like that. The 800 mm lens, gets up close and personal....now get the canon 1.4x extender, and you will be unstoppable. Before I retired, I got an entirely new system, the R-5 and the 200-800mm lens, and loved it, a few months later, got the 1.4x extender, now I get up to 1140mm...
My go to camera body is the R5 that I got on a SKI trip after I retired (SKI: Spending Kids Inheritance). Perhaps a Canon Extender FD 1.4x-A Breech Lock Teleconverter is under $80 (US) at KEH. Glad I have a gimbal!
It’s great to see you continue to experiment Dean, and follow your obvious love of the art form.
as a bonus, you must be getting a lot more exercise lugging that gear around.
btw - the grape shot really jumps out at me