Birds Great Horned Owl Fledgling

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I'm on an unexpected trip, with only my 24-105 F4. I had expected to be doing only indoor shoots on this tip.

Early this morning, my sister offered to take me birding. Here's a fledgling Great Horned Owl.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS (SEL24105G)
• 105.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 800

The image above is a 167% crop.

When I arrived in town, I stopped in at a local store to get an SSD drive to make space on my laptop. As I passed the photo counter, on a whim, I asked if they had a Sony 50 mm 1.2 GM, and they found one at another one of their stores just 15 minutes away.

Since this trip will involve lots of candid, indoor, available-light family photos, I leapt at the chance, scooted over to the other store and picked it up.

Just to see what would happen, I swapped in the 50 mm and got this.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 50mm F1.2 GM (SEL50F12GM)
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/1.2
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 125

That's a 250% crop from this original.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 50mm F1.2 GM (SEL50F12GM)
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/1.2
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 125

I had wondered if I'd feel constrained by a 50 mm. It looks like this one on an A1 may have more to give than I anticipated.

 

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Just for fun,
24-105 at 250% crop

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS (SEL24105G)
• 105.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 800

50 mm at 425% crop

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 50mm F1.2 GM (SEL50F12GM)
• 50.0 mm
• ƒ/1.2
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 125