Mon Dec 13, 2021, 04:29 PM

"Quail Covering Ground" Olympus EM1 Mk II with Digital Tele-Converter (Thanks AndyS!)

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"Quail Covering Ground" Olympus EM1 Mk II with Digital Tele-Converter (Thanks AndyS!) (Original post)	George McGovern	Dec 2021	OP
Cool. That bird is moving out.	Walleye	Dec 2021	#1
Thanks Walleye. He was reacting to getting his picture taken.	George McGovern	Dec 2021	#2
I love photographing birds. They're so fast can't see what they're doing unless you stop the action	Walleye	Dec 2021	#3
Neat! Would you mind telling about your career shooting sports? Professionally?	George McGovern	Dec 2021	#4
I was staff photographer for the Delaware news journal for 20 years	Walleye	Dec 2021	#5
What a terrific opportunity! Which camera(s) did you/do you use?	George McGovern	Dec 2021	#6
I started with Nikon but the company had so many good long Canon lenses that I switched to Cannon	Walleye	Dec 2021	#7
Nice. I shot Nikon for 35 years before choosing Olympus.	George McGovern	Dec 2021	#8
I can't work out how to do it. I tried Imajur and didn't get very far	Walleye	Dec 2021	#9
If I can send you a DU mail with instructions?	George McGovern	Dec 2021	#11
Yes please. I would love to try again. I communicate so much better with pictures than words	Walleye	Dec 2021	#13
There are instructions for posting images pinned at the	AndyS	Dec 2021	#10
Nice shot!	AndyS	Dec 2021	#12
However it works the 2x really helps get closer. Thanks AndyS!	George McGovern	Dec 2021	#14
OMG. That is stunning!	Diamond_Dog	Dec 2021	#15
Thank You Diamond!	George McGovern	Dec 2021	#16
Great picture of a cute little guy!	StarryNite	Dec 2021	#17
Thank You StarryNite!	George McGovern	Dec 2021	#18
Awesome photo of one of my fav birds. I had button quail as pets when I was a kid.	Ziggysmom	Dec 2021	#19
I'll bet your quail pets were really cute. Thanks Ziggysmom!	George McGovern	Dec 2021	#20

Response to George McGovern (Original post)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 04:30 PM

Walleye (27,153 posts)

1. Cool. That bird is moving out.

Nice detail on the feathers

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Response to Walleye (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 04:37 PM

George McGovern (5,175 posts)

2. Thanks Walleye. He was reacting to getting his picture taken.

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Response to George McGovern (Reply #2)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 04:43 PM

Walleye (27,153 posts)

3. I love photographing birds. They're so fast can't see what they're doing unless you stop the action

And they’re beautiful, their wings are fascinating. I spent a lot of my career shooting sports and birds are an excellent subject for action

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Response to Walleye (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 04:59 PM

George McGovern (5,175 posts)

4. Neat! Would you mind telling about your career shooting sports? Professionally?

Sports are fun to shoot too.

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Response to George McGovern (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:02 PM

Walleye (27,153 posts)

5. I was staff photographer for the Delaware news journal for 20 years

I got to cover everything from the Phillies in the World Series, Eagles in the NFL all the way down to high school and little league. I enjoyed all that. there’s hardly any sport I haven’t covered at least once and I was privileged to go to the 2004 Olympics in Athens as a photographer on loan to USA Today, they owned our company. I did other assignments as well, but sports was my favorite

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Response to Walleye (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:04 PM

George McGovern (5,175 posts)

6. What a terrific opportunity! Which camera(s) did you/do you use?

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Response to George McGovern (Reply #6)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:08 PM

Walleye (27,153 posts)

7. I started with Nikon but the company had so many good long Canon lenses that I switched to Cannon

We went to all digital in 2000 and the company began providing all of our equipment. Of course I supplemented it with some of my own lenses. When I retired I bought a Canon EOS 7D. I have a 400 mm F5,6 that I use for birds, handheld. The technology has improved so much in the past few years. I get pretty good shots of the hummingbirds with the 200 mm since they’re right on my porch about 5 feet away. I still can’t figure out how to post pictures here on DU.

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Response to Walleye (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:15 PM

George McGovern (5,175 posts)

8. Nice. I shot Nikon for 35 years before choosing Olympus.

Have you posted any photos in this group? I looked quickly and didn't see any.

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Response to George McGovern (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:19 PM

Walleye (27,153 posts)

9. I can't work out how to do it. I tried Imajur and didn't get very far

I was posting on Instagram a lot but it got too crazy

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Response to Walleye (Reply #9)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:24 PM

George McGovern (5,175 posts)

11. If I can send you a DU mail with instructions?

Or maybe an email so you could have instructions on one screen and practice posting on another.
I was taught how to post by forum member AndyS and instructions are all written down.

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Response to George McGovern (Reply #11)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:27 PM

Walleye (27,153 posts)

13. Yes please. I would love to try again. I communicate so much better with pictures than words

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Response to Walleye (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:22 PM

AndyS (14,477 posts)

10. There are instructions for posting images pinned at the

top of the Photo group. Easy enough once you do it.

I use imgur.

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Response to George McGovern (Original post)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:26 PM

AndyS (14,477 posts)

12. Nice shot!

I don't know what magic the camera works with the digital 2x but I don't see any degradation in the image. I guess it's an example of AI and computational imaging.

Neat how he is air borne with both feet off the ground.

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Response to AndyS (Reply #12)

Mon Dec 13, 2021, 05:28 PM

George McGovern (5,175 posts)