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| some recent bird shots; recent bird shots taken at royal lake park, fairfax, virginia | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 28 2010, 09:42 PM (465 Views) | |
| wk2004 | Jun 28 2010, 09:42 PM Post #1 |
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hi all, finally pulled the trigger and bought the sigma 70-300 OS. and after taking both the 18-250 & the 70-300 out for a few trips, i'm kind of realized that for birding, i'm usually at the longest end of the lens... looks like it make sense to just get the 300mm prime for the purpose of birding (self poison )anyways... some recent bird shots from a lake park. #1 american bittern #2 great blue heron #3 great blue heron #4 gray catbird ![]() #5 red-winged blackbird #6 red-winged blackbird #7 gooselings #8 romance #9 take off #1, #2 & #4 shot with sal 18250. the rest taken with sigma 70-300 f4/5.6 DG OS. thanks for viewing! |
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| les40sail | Jun 29 2010, 09:20 AM Post #2 |
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nice series. we get to see some american birds. there is always flexibility when taking bif with a zoom..... 18-250 seem pretty good as compared with the 70-300. #2 my favourite type of shot!! however it's good to BBB as well so the sony 500f4 coming out soon will be great for you.
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| tankm | Jun 29 2010, 05:54 PM Post #3 |
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Nice series. Like #4 & #5. Buy the longest prime lens that you willing to spend on and carry around. |
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| FrankieLim | Jun 29 2010, 09:43 PM Post #4 |
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Nice series. BBB at B&H. Good selection of long lens there. |
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| Galdor | Jun 29 2010, 09:52 PM Post #5 |
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Very nice series. ![]() #2 seems a bit over exposed though. |
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| kingfishers | Jun 29 2010, 09:55 PM Post #6 |
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Very nice,can go for the sony 70-400mm lens
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| Birder | Jun 29 2010, 11:41 PM Post #7 |
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Nice series!! Wish I am there as well... |
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| wk2004 | Jul 1 2010, 04:01 AM Post #8 |
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thanks! these are birds are pretty common here. havent really ventured deeper into the woods yet. i'm actually very happy with the 18-250 but wanted to try out the 70-300 and have a feel before really investing into something. in fact, i am quite happy with the sigma 70-300. size wise its pretty handy. for #2, i was caught off guard. the fellow decided to catch a fish as i was moving in... didnt have much time to react, so just raised the cam and snap 2 shots. the next thing is it became aware of my presence and took off... chased it for the next 30mins... but no more action ![]() trying very hard not to bbb too much now. will wait till september... when my younger son starts to attend school
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| wk2004 | Jul 1 2010, 04:02 AM Post #9 |
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thanks! can't agree more with $ & weight. still feeling my way around things for now. thanks! |
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| wk2004 | Jul 1 2010, 04:04 AM Post #10 |
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thanks! B&H... i'm driving up to NYC this weekend prices of the long lenses appear to be cheaper here from what i see. i'll hang on the my new toy for now
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