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That's some nice stitching, Pilot.Here is my friend, the gator again. He (she?) hasn't been around that much recently.
This picture is a composite of two taken with a fixed 500 mm lens, again with the Canon EOS Rebel T5i. I stitched the two together to get the full image.
Remember, this is from across a canal of about 100 feet.
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Few if anybody can take decent pictures with a 500 hand held. I have used a fence to stabilize the 500 mirror lens I own. Nice zoom and you must have some steady hands.
In #31 he looks like someone rubbed him down with baby oil....
I used a relatively inexpensive 500 mm lens on a tripod. I probably should have also used a remote shutter release to further lessen any vibration. But what I found interesting was the fact that I could get equal or slightly better results from blowing up an image from a 250 mm lens hand held that has image stabilization.
I didn't really do comprehensive or exhaustive tests. The question was whether I would get noticeably better results taking the time to set up and use the 500 mm on a tripod versus using the 250 mm hand held and cropping. (Before I started, I didn't realize I would have to stitch two images together to get the gator in one frame with the 500 mm lens).