More Images from Files

NorthernFocus

Cleaning up more files today. Went back through my first ever bird images from April '08. Snow Geese near Mount Vernon, WA during the tulip festival. Intersting going back through these. We were there to photograph flowers so all I had for a long lens was a VERY innexpensive Sigma 100-300 f/4.5-6.7 AF. Between bad light and a slow lens, it was rough sledding. Plus the AF was so slow I had to go manual. So my first venture into BIF images was using manual focus :huh But it was interesting going through these images. I've learned a lot since then plus it was a good comparison of my equipment. Even the images that were decently lit and in focus have a lot of fringing and CA. But I did find one or two I'd passed over the first go around that were of adequate IQ to make passable images for the web (after substantial PP).

Nikon D200 w/Sigma 100-300mm f/4.5-6.7 AF

In the Queue 1/500s f/6.7 at 300.0mm iso200


Chow Time 1/1000s f/6.0 at 240.0mm iso500


Join the Party 1/1000s f/6.7 at 300.0mm iso500


Full Flaps 1/500s f/9.0 at 300.0mm iso200


Triad 1/500s f/9.0 at 300.0mm iso200


Away from the Crowd 1/1000s f/6.7 at 300.0mm iso500


Evening Light 1/500s f/8.0 at 300.0mm iso200


Title TBD:scratch 1/1000s f/6.7 at 300.0mm iso500

Harryb

Excellent set

raptorcaptor

Like the last three best!

NorthernFocus

Thanks for commenting, guys. I was pleasantly surprised to recover a couple more images from that trip. I may be up to 0.5% keepers now. That being my first outing with birds, I was amazed at how hard it was to get a decent image with tens of thousands of birds right there in front of you I was hooked immediately