A few birds from yesterday and today

Hunter58

House Finches









Carolina Chickadee





Northern Mockingbird



Northern Mockingbird drooling



Momma Eastern Bluebird fence sitting near the nesting box

Stumblebum

One with water droplets.......PRECIOUS!

Stumblebum

I think I might have to spend these 900 bucks and get this lens.....but I worry that my 100-400 would end up retiring and that would really suck because it is great lens. It certainly saves me trouble of saving 12K for 500 f4L.

PGM

I like #2 and #4 best--the black background makes the birds really stand out. Hunter, were you shooting with a flash? How did you get that look? Best, Pam

Hunter58

Stumblebum wrote: »

I think I might have to spend these 900 bucks and get this lens.....but I worry that my 100-400 would end up retiring and that would really suck because it is great lens. It certainly saves me trouble of saving 12K for 500 f4L.

$799.00 free shipping (refurb from Sigma). http://www.sigmaphoto.com/product/150-500mm-f5-63-apo-dg-os-hsm-refurbished

Hunter58

PGM wrote: »

I like #2 and #4 best--the black background makes the birds really stand out. Hunter, were you shooting with a flash? How did you get that look? Best, Pam

No flash on these just the angle of the light at that time of day. I actually have a white fence but I have cammo tarps over it.

Stumblebum

Hunter58 wrote: »

$799.00 free shipping (refurb from Sigma). http://www.sigmaphoto.com/product/150-500mm-f5-63-apo-dg-os-hsm-refurbished

Thanks!! Oh I am so close.....wish hadn't blown some money this past weekend.:cry

Spinner of Tales

Nice shots Hunter.

Spinner

puzzledpaul

Stumblebum wrote: »

I think I might have to spend these 900 bucks and get this lens.....but I worry that my 100-400 would end up retiring and that would really suck because it is great lens. It certainly saves me trouble of saving 12K for 500 f4L.

A fellow local w/life 'tog has just replaced his Sigma for a 100 - 400 (using a 70D) after borrowing my 100 - 400 for a couple of months.

His comment was that he generally tended to back off from 500 to 400mm on the Sigma for IQ reasons - and immediately noticed an IQ improvement with the Canon lens.

Using 400 on a 1.6 crop gives him a very similar frame filling image as me using a 500 in a 1.3 crop (640 v 650) ... albeit with double the pixel count in his favour

btw - my 500,(a mk1) bought used was *significantly* less than the figure you mention... and I suspect, as such, I'd not lose much if selling same ... and taking into account the No of frames it's been used for, I've got little to complain about.

I fully accept that using a big lens is more of a hassle / production etc than being able to walk around with something like a a Sigma or 100 - 400, but everyone's usage style and requirements varies

Just relating a situation and a pov, no more, no less.

pp

Stumblebum

Thanks PP for the info. Much appreciate it! Lately reach has been a problem so I am whining about 100-400 ;o)
It seems for 800 bucks, at worst case it would eat dust but for canon's 500 f4L - II, the lowest price even in used market is 10,500.
With my spending habits, that's a huge ask....but in long run I do want it.
Cheers!

JonaBeth Russell

Northern Mockingbird drooling = favorite! Great shots