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Fantastic shot Gregory and Verena! Great work!

Amazing work . . .!  I got confused looking at your technical data; was the lens you used 400mm or 800mm?  Given the detail and clarity of the image, it seems to me you used an 800mm,

Robert, Jorge, Michael- thanks so much

Re: the lens   This time I had the Sony set at aps-c sensor which cut the mp down from 40 to 18, but added another 50% to the effective range of the lens. So with canon 100-400, plus 2x extender, plus smaller sensor = 1200mm .

So, basically, I have the canon 100-400mm lens. I added a 2x extender, which the exif data recognizes as 200-800mm. With the camera sensor set to aps-c (small sensor) this increases the effective lens power by 50% hence the rate of 1200mm equivalent., all from the same lens.

That certainly makes it all clear :-) Whatever, nice shot - probably also hand held! Cheers, Jim

Excellent details in large view can be seen,this is today in maximum size as they say,I hope to see it a bit because from two days is cloudy and snow.

Hi Jim,, definitely NOT handheld- even the tripod had a hard time keeping this thing steady.

Radu- looks like will be cloudy here tonight too.

It sounds to me that all the work you did to prepare your gear for this shot was entirely worth the effort.