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Posted by Jim Urbach on Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:42 am

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A recent image from Osceola County. I had enough time to set up a tripod and stack teleconverters and since they were preening, I upped the ISO to 800 to avoid blurring the head movement.

20D, 600IS, 1.4x, 2.0x, ISO 800, f14, 1/500, EV -2/3, crop from left only, no flash employed.

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by Scott Allen on Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:54 am
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Well done Jim. Hopefully someday I'll have the chance to see these wonderful birds, photographing them would be the icing on the cake. Thanks for sharing.

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by Vince Thomas on Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:02 pm
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Gorgeous birds Jim... interesting behavior well captured, as you always do! :)
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by Steve Metildi on Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:09 pm
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Cool shot Jim and nice job with the stacking--held it's sharpness.

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by Rob Palmer on Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:16 pm
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Obviously, when used right the stacked combination can work well and this is proof. Nice shot.
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by george forrest on Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:20 pm
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Unusual photo opportunity and you made the most of it. Ideal background and perch. Nice catch.
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by Steve Roman on Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:30 pm
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Great capture and came out very nice with the stactk converters. Well done Jim.
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by Chris Davidson on Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:35 pm
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Great job with the stacked tc's!
A wonderful behavioral image, Jim!
 

by mrhughj on Sun Jul 17, 2005 3:18 pm
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Great technique with the stacked TCs, Jim. What gorgeous birds!

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by Jim Neely on Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:01 pm
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Perfect exposure and really nice action. Well done, as usual, Jim.

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by Colin Inman on Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:14 pm
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Wonderful behaviural image, especially considering the stacked tc's.
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by George Fellingham on Sun Jul 17, 2005 6:02 pm
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Nice shot with stacked teleconverters on a 20D, no less! What sort of succes rate do you have with manual focus on the 20D?
 

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Lovely behavioral shot!
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stunning image..........you did really well with converters.
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A wonderful behavior shot, Jim!
Perhaps a little brighter than is ...
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Nice behavior captured Jim.
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An excellent behavioral shot jim
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by Fabs Forns on Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:16 pm
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How very sweet!!!!
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by Christopher Dodds on Sun Jul 17, 2005 9:22 pm
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Very intimate behavior shot, Jim. Stacked converters to boot:shock:
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Looks like this one would make a nice Valentine's Card. Love those preening images.
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