Jus' out shootin' robins

[67Dart273]

Happened to see this robin in the front right after lunch. Grabbed my "Canon" and fired away. Canon 7D, 300mm f 2.8 lens

The distortion is caused by shooting at an extreme down angle through the dirty filthy front storm door glass. I didn't have much choice, either "get the shot" or lose alltogether

The head shot is a full size crop, unedited except for crop.

 

[Oklacarcollecto]

Heck, you could take a good picture of a pimple on a gnat's ***.

 

[memike]

Great shot!! I have got to get updated with a good camera one day..
At first I thought you was shooting robins for an old robin pie recipe
Memike Like :cheers: Great shooting there 67Dart273

 

[nothingbutdarts]

I wish I had a camera good enough to catch the blue birds and humming birds around here!

Very nice pictures!!

 

[67Dart273]

I have to take what I can get, anymore. I'm a lot weaker and shakier now than even a couple--3 years ago. Both the 100-400L, the 20-200 2.8L, and this 300mm 2.8 L are very big, heavy lenses. A 7D is not exactly light, either. Only way I can shoot is to crank the shutter speed WAY up

 

[nothingbutdarts]

Just an old Kodak digital point & shoot is all I have! LOL

 

[67Dart273]

I don't often shoot at things but when I do I use my Fotosniper, LOL.......................

I actually have one of these heavy--clumsy--typical--Soviet--boat-anchors and it "seemed like" a good idea at the time, but it turned out to be way more trouble than it's worth, and the lens is a horrid thing to actually use, LOL

 

[Bad Sport]

Don't they make a stick, not a tripod, that you can attach in the same way you would a tripod to help hold the weight and steady the camera?

 

[67Dart273]

Don't they make a stick, not a tripod, that you can attach in the same way you would a tripod to help hold the weight and steady the camera?

Yep, monopod, I've built a couple, then found a good buy on a used Bogen, with a swivel head

My homebuilt ones:

http://forum.manualfocus.org/viewtopic.php?id=9574

http://forum.manualfocus.org/viewtopic.php?id=7212

http://forum.manualfocus.org/viewtopic.php?id=9593

I also sometimes take the monopod and collapse it, swivel the camera "full vertical" so to speak, and stick the monopod back over the top of my shoulder, where it sticks out to the rear of me a foot--foot and a half. This makes a pretty quick stabilizing setup "on the spot."