Fall is Here by Mark Schmitt on Capture Kern County

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Fall is Here

Fall arrives with this sparrow. There are good numbers of these at present. There are sub-species of these. This one is a migrant from the Pacific North West, probably from Oregon or Canada.

Wayne Wong
commented 7 months ago

Mark, that cam and your skills make a formidable combination....Love it! Canon must have made that cam just for you...:)
Mark Schmitt
commented 7 months ago

Hi, Steve: thanks again my friend. The BG is smooth because I place perches in strategic locations where the back ground (in this case a hill-side some 200 yards away) is at a long distance, so the colors and elements will be compressed. The 700mm is the result of coupling the 500mm lense with a 1.4 tele-converter. Multiply 1.4 by 500 and the effective focal length becomes 700 mm. The Canon 1Dx is noise free (so far) all the way up to ISO 3200: it's on of the reason I got the camera: besides being able to shoot in burst mode of nearly 14 frames per second in RAW.
Steve Rengers
commented 7 months ago

Mark, these last few posts are really nice. The smooth bokeh on that monster lens of yours makes it look like you posed the birds in front of a backdrop. Very nice effect. How do achieve 700mm? with an extender?. Also 800 ISO its noise free from this view. wow!