Finally....

davev

I found a stinkin Egret today.



So there!





Oh yeah, I found some deer and an Osprey nest/post.
The skies were a little ugly for the osprey shot, so I changed it to B&W.

All shots with a Canon XT and a Canon 400L F5.6.

Thanks for looking.

Thusie

Great shots all Dave

Rohirrim

- Nice find Dave

saurora

Pretty good catch for one day's outing! Looks like they were all trying to hide in the reeds from you. Love the B&W conversion on the osprey...

Dick on Aruba

Nice pics including the "stinkin egret".

Dick.

Scott_Quier

Very nice. Love the colors on the egret and with saurora about the B&W conversion of the osprey. Very well done.

davev

Thanks folks.

They weren't all trying to hide from me.

photodoug

davev wrote:

I found a stinkin Egret today.

Thanks for looking.

the lure of the dark side is strong. resist you must. not too late it is.

Osprey Whisperer

Nice shots Dave. That osprey capture gets

docbell

Great shots, Dave. You're shots with the 400 mm have been very nice. Do you find you're using the 400 5.6 much more than you're sigma 80-400?? I, like you, have the sigma, but would really like to get the 400.
Kevin.

Harryb

I found a stinkin Egret today.

About time too.

Excellent shots Dave.

davev

docbell wrote:

Great shots, Dave. You're shots with the 400 mm have been very nice. Do you find you're using the 400 5.6 much more than you're sigma 80-400?? I, like you, have the sigma, but would really like to get the 400.
Kevin.

Thanks again folks.

Kevin, I am using the 400L more than the Sigma, but I don't know if it's
because it new to me, (I bought it used) or that it's a better lens.
I can say that the 400L is lighter and easier to carry around. The Canon
is sharper wide open also, so I gain a stop by using it cause I always use
F8 with my Sigma. The other thing is, I used the Sigma alot more when I
was using my 300. (ISO 200) Now that I have the XT, ISO 400 seems less noisy,
so I gain another stop using the XT. So even though the Sigma has o.s.,
I'm missing it less and less. If I'm working in low light, at 400mm, I will most likely
reach for the Sigma. I still don't like to use a tripod.

One more thing. I really started to let the Sigma stay at home when I got
the Canon 70-300is lens. This lens focuses faster, is better wide open,
has a better i.s. system, and is way lighter and smaller than the Sigma.

I now carry the 70-300is and the 400L instead of the Sigma. I think my
shots are coming out a little bit better with this combo than with the Sigma.

Clear as mud, huh.
Hope this explains it.