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Experimenting with my 2.0 teleconverter on my 300mm lens, it's a bit too much, and every photo comes out a bit too soft. I'll stick to the 1.4 on this lens and use the 2.0 on the 40-150mm f2.8.

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Have you tried stopping down one or two notches? I personally bought my last 2x teleconverter in the 80s, but I've seen quite a few people get good results with that particular combination, so I know it's possible.
 
My 2.0TC works well with my 300mm FWIW. That is definitely soft though.

I'm sure it can work well, this was probably very near the closest distance for the autofocus with the 300mm and 2.0TC. I'll have to wait and see if something farther away and try to get more out of it. It's so difficult hand held with 600mm of lens.
 
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I'm sure it can work well, this was probably very near the closest distance for the autofocus with the 300mm and 2.0TC. I'll have to wait and see if something farther away and try to get more out of it. It's so difficult hand held with 600mm of lens.
You seem to have enough shutter speed, so when I start getting soft images and I know my settings are good, I concentrate more heavily on physical technique. One trick I do is to stand 45 to 90 degrees away from the bird, support the lens with my left hand, and dig my left elbow into my ribs to form a triangle support. Then I hold my breath while pressing the shutter! 😺
 
I went out for a walk, where I was carefully watched from on high by this Sulfur-crested Cockatoo.

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When I got home, this one was hanging about on the ground in my yard, looking sketchy. It stood still long enough for me to take its photo through the window, park my car and lock the garage nearby, before flying off in alarm.

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Just a few very unassuming and bountiful birdies, like Robin.

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Sticks and DoF may break my pictures but words won't help my undersized sensor 😛 (joking).

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I do love Robins, one of the most social little birdies with the propensity to chirp very dramatically and tilt their heads like a doggie being spoken to about walkies.

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A Blue Tit on a Nipple Tree 😛

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Whaaaaaaaa? It's not my fault my jokes are not funny 😛

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I think I'm about to be Gulled for not sharing my Pastie with them.

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Of course, I'm only going to do street photography images, I told myself ... I don't need a tely lens ... and could ever happen? I find not one but 3 Cormorants in a tree in Taunton.

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Nope. Make that 5 in a tree nearby as well. I should have known better to take at least my Oly 40-150mm f 2.8 PRO (with the MC-14) with me.
 
This bird is a fantail, affectionately named Willy Wagtail. They are fun to watch, very agile, with plenty of attitude. They are that quick that they can hassle cats flying as close as 2 feet or so above them, sounding their warning call (look it up) and the cat can't do a thing - the bird knows it and the cats hate it.

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They like to sing too...

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This golden-crowned sparrow was visiting the seed-block in front of my house but it was bitterly cold outside so I took this photo through the old (1902) glass of my heavy front door - which creates the slight ghost-double image visible.

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Ìt's interesting how much larger the golden-crowns are than their cousins, the white-crowned sparrows, who seem barely half the size when one sees them side by side.
 
These are a few I took with my FZ300 before I upgraded to m43

Blue Faced Honey eater in a flowering Jacaranda tree
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Female

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Rainbow Lorikeet feeding in a Banksia tree

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Kookaburra - they are actually a type of Kingfisher and occasionally they might have a little bit of blue in the white areas of their wings.

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A friend's neighbour had this Peacock in with his chooks. Was lucky to have my camera this day when it put on a show.

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