Cedar waxwings

[Moodyville-ain]

Taken with a rebel xs and a 55-250mm


Tv=1/500 Av=5.6 ISO=400

Tv=1/320 Av=5.6 ISO=400

Tv=1/250 Av=8 ISO=400

#^*@ing branch :x TV=1/2500 AV=5.6 ISO=400 Out of nowhere it flew almost right next to me here. I didn't have time to mess around, I got this shot off before it flew away again :cry: Hardly any crop here. Why is it the one time a bird flies right next to me, it does it in front of a branch and with poor lighting conditions :gah: Doesn't it know I want to take it's picture? phhhhht

 

[benlonghair]

I like the second one. I'm trying to decide if the focus is a little soft on the wings or if that's just how they look.

The last one is really nice too.

 

[USM IS]

You had a target rich environment! Wish we had those here..I have lost more shots to limbs than I care to recall!!!!!!...Mike

 

[Moodyville-ain]

Thanks to both of you. As for focus, it is probably a combination of both. For 1 that one was about 1/4 crop, for 2 the 55-250mm is descent but could be sharper. Also the feathers on their backs are quite smooth, even in person. The rest is just user error.

I wish I could justify a super telephoto. But mortgage and bills say otherwise unless someone starts paying me for my pictures .............. .......... until that happens I can't justify spending over a grand on a lens. People keep saying X lens only costs X amount over a grand.... but you can't get blood from a stone.

Im contiplating in the future 5he Tamron 200-500mm, or 50-500mm Sigma. I know they are both slow, but as I said theres no way I can spend over a grand on a lens so options are limited.

 

[benlonghair]

I hear you about lenses. Even with a 300, they're small birds.

I figure that to fill out my lens kit I need about $46k. And that doesn't include a D3S or a D300s (which if I were spending all the money I could, I'd get both). Need a better job, I guess.