500mm @ 1/320

RandySmugMugRandySmugMug Registered Users Posts: 1,651 Major grins
edited January 11, 2007 in Wildlife
on a monopod the Sigma Bigma surprised me

we were taking turns w/ the 80-400, thinking the bigma, on such a cloudy day, would be a liability


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Thanks
Randy

http://www.CarolinaSportsPhotography.com/

Comments

  • riddim_makerriddim_maker Registered Users Posts: 1,835 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    Seems like a very good lens in steady hands
    Great shots!
    Russ
  • RandySmugMugRandySmugMug Registered Users Posts: 1,651 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    riddim_maker wrote:
    Seems like a very good lens in steady hands
    Great shots!

    thx Russ
    Thanks
    Randy

    http://www.CarolinaSportsPhotography.com/
  • windozewindoze Registered Users Posts: 2,830 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    very nice. thats a great image from a bigma on a cloudy day wide open!

    thanx for sharing more wonderful images from the zoo !!

    troy
  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    RandySmugMug wrote:
    on a monopod the Sigma Bigma surprised me
    we were taking turns w/ the 80-400, thinking the bigma, on such a cloudy day, would be a liability

    I'm sitting here chuckling to myself because my computer started to load these shots so slowly that I thought the first image was going to be a Squirrel rolleyes1.gif but it's a Lioness rolleyes1.gif

    Love the one with the mother and cub both looking toward you clap.gif
    ..... Skippy
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  • dbaker1221dbaker1221 Registered Users Posts: 4,482 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    the first shot is fantastic!wings.gif
    **If I keep shooting, I'm bound to hit something**
    Dave
  • SenecaSeneca Registered Users Posts: 1,661 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    Wow the first shot makes it seem like your right there...right in front them mom and baby. Great pictures...the first one is my favorite.
  • raptorcaptorraptorcaptor Registered Users Posts: 3,968 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    I have some sigma lenses and I've been happy with the quality! Good shooting though! thumb.gif
    Glenn

    My website | NANPA Member
  • PhyxiusPhyxius Registered Users Posts: 1,396 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    I agree these are great and I LOVE lions (as I've said on here before). There is a tad bit of noise, not much at all! What ISO were you using?

    Great job and that little cub throwing and attitude is great, but the first shot is awesome thumb.gif
    Christina Dale
    SmugMug Support Specialist - www.help.smugmug.com

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    Equine Photography in Maryland - Dressage, Eventing, Hunters, Jumpers
  • ShepsMomShepsMom Registered Users Posts: 4,319 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    Gorgeous shots! Love the first picture, right in your face photography! Excellent work.clap.gif
    Marina
    www.intruecolors.com
    Nikon D700 x2/D300
    Nikon 70-200 2.8/50 1.8/85 1.8/14.24 2.8
  • dallasdallas Registered Users Posts: 1,638 Major grins
    edited January 10, 2007
    Very beautiful, but I don't know about you; those eyes make me nervous. Great shots.thumb.gifthumb.gifthumb.gif
    William
    http://woofwoof.smugmug.com
  • RandySmugMugRandySmugMug Registered Users Posts: 1,651 Major grins
    edited January 11, 2007
    thx everyone....i think the iso was around 400-500.
    on the d200 anthing below 640 is fine even for a small crop (these were not cropped very much or at all)
    Thanks
    Randy

    http://www.CarolinaSportsPhotography.com/
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