I have to get a new lens.

Brooks P

My wife said I should go out in the back yard and see the hawk and the other birds that just flew by the patio door. So I grabbed my camera and went out. There were a group of Ravens harassing a Red-tailed Hawk. Of course, as always seems to happen, when I got there they had moved off and gone higher.

kgarrett11

It's hard as h..l to get birds in flight. It seems like only Harry can do it all of the time. I like #3

Harryb

"I have to get a new lens" That's an expression I have used around 100 times or so in the last 5 years. :lol No matter what lens you have its always "I have to get a new lens".

You did pretty well here with what you had but a new lens would have helped.

kdog

Great series, Brooks. You got some interesting behavior there. We've got tons of Ravens out here in AZ, and only the occassional hawk. I hate to think the ravens are chasing the hawks away. :bluduh

The shots are all nice and crisp, except for the last one. It looks like the camera misfocused on that one, so you probably can't blame the lens. Of course, a nice image-stabilized 500mm couldn't hurt either.

Brooks P

Every time I half pressed the button the lens went to minimum and then back out to infinity for focus. Most of the time, I didn’t get a focus lock, because I had lost the birds. When I’d find the birds again, the same thing would happen. The 70-300mm G is very slow focusing and does a lot of hunting, and getting a focus lock on a moving target is real iffy. The continuous focus mode just doesn’t work with this lens, the lens just seems to be behind all the time even with something like a hovering Hummingbird that is almost stationary; the lens just continuously hunts. I can’t complain too much since it only cost $150. But I’m thinking I would have better luck with something like the 300mm f4, and maybe a TC-14E or TC-17E to give me a little more reach.

Dick on Aruba

I think you did well on this series Brooks. I need a new lens too

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.