Good Evening, Colin!
Nice to hear your "voice"! And thanks for your kind words.
Since you asked, I think you'll find that, outside of zoos, a 210mm is pretty
short for wildlife. Especially birds.
One the main reasons I shoot Olympus is the 2x crop factor. It means that a
reasonably sized/priced lens has double the "reach".
The "full-on" shot was made at about 40 to 45 feet (12 to 14 meters) and taken
with my trusty 50~200 Oly Zoom + 1.4x converter. The focal length was 136mm so
the effective FL was 136*2=~272 mm.
The "Portrait" was shot at roughly 25 feet (8 meters or so) with the same
combination. Focal Length was 283 so the effective FL was 283*2=566mm.
Both were made with me simply standing on my back deck - as the deer were in
the back yard. (Today we had 5, but I had to dash out, so no photos.)
I'm getting older and no longer wish to carry big glass, but I want the reach.
Thus, I have just purchased myself a Christmas present ... the 100~400
Pana-Leica mFT zoom. I'm just hoping that it will arrive before Christmas. It
will give me a effective reach of 200 to 800mm, in one lens - and it's supposed
to be very good! (Watch this space!)
As Doug Herr famously said "Wildlife Photography can be done easily, cheaply
and well... Pick any two."
Thanks for looking and for asking.
David.
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David Young - Photographer
Logan Lake,BC, CANADA
Website: www.furnfeather.ca
Gallery: The Creative Co. Merritt, BC.
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Both very good although I do prefer the 'portrait'. Out of curiosity, how------
close could you get and, as a follow on, what focal length lens did you use?
I've tried photographing wild turkeys with a 210mm but they can sense me well
before I feel I'm close enough.
Colin
On Dec 11, 2017, at 8:58 PM, David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.furnfeather.ca/look/portrait.html
