A couple hours in western Montana.

[SilentBirdHunter]

For years I took photos with a $300 (used bridge camera). After moving from Alaska and settling in Montana, I found myself out taking photos about 6 times per week. So I finally bought a "real camera" a Canon R7.

Yesterday I went out for a coupe hours with a RF 800mm F/11 lens.
The lens cost me $600 (used) and since the R7 is a cropped sensor, it has an effective reach
of 1280mm. The downside is the fixed F/11 so it need lots of light.

I started with an owl in the fog and ended the morning with an antelope. A fun couple of hours.
If you zoom in on the bison photo, there are many flies on the bison's back. Looks miserable.

 

[pabearhunter]

Beautiful pictures thank you.

 

[Bowmannate2000]

Very nice photos. That white tail is going to be a stud this fall!

 

[Salmonchaser]

Good stuff. Is it the lens or camera body that need to change so you can shoot in low light?

 

[SilentBirdHunter]

Good stuff. Is it the lens or camera body that need to change so you can shoot in low light?

Lens. RF 800mm F/11 so F/11 allows relatively little light to enter the sensor.
It cost $600, an RF 800m F/5.6 cost over $7,000 !

 

[Salmonchaser]

Lens. RF 800mm F/11 so F/11 allows relatively little light to enter the sensor.
It cost $600, an RF 800m F/5.6 cost over $7,000 !

Understood. Looking forward to more of your pics.

 

[SilentBirdHunter]

Went on a 10-mile "dike hike" at the local refuge this morning.
The new camera has tracking and eye detection which is great for birds in flight.
I had 2 attempts, a golden eye at 1/500 sec and a gadwall at 1/1250 sec.
Both with my RF 100-400mm lens.

 

[wtrfwlhunter]

Holy freakin whitetail man. I haven’t seen anything with that much bone on its head yet this year.

 

[A Guy Out West]

Awesome meadow lark picture. I heard in France they are a game bird.

 

[rmyoung1]

Awesome photos. That golden eye shot is legit

 

[Don Fischer]

Nice photo's!

 

[SilentBirdHunter]

I was impressed how well the RF 100-400mm lens did at relatively low light.
These were taken last night at sunset looking to the west in our MT pasture.
F/8, ISO6400, 1/500 sec

 

[WBT]

That whitetail is huge! Thanks for sharing.

 

[SilentBirdHunter]

One thing I like about the west is that it cools off at night.
Went for a hike this morning starting at 5:30 am and 50 degrees F.

 

[SilentBirdHunter]

I am thankful for all the big game species within a couple of hours drive our our Montana home.