Nikon 200-500 Shots

bulldurham · Nov 18, 2015

You get a new lens (Nikon 200-500 5.6) via UPS and rainy, crappy no light weather or not, off you go...

1 Great Egret

2 Simon Says

3 Snowy Egret

Twins - Snowy Egrets

ISO 1250 F:5.6 @ 1/320 at 500mm 4 PM CST

jcdeboever · Nov 18, 2015

Very nice. Been looking at that lens.

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Derrel · Nov 18, 2015

Not too shabby! Looks very promising to me...nice to see some detail way out there at the edges of the frame. I'm looking forward to seeing what this thing can do.

John Hunt · Nov 19, 2015

That lens looks like a keeper.

baturn · Nov 19, 2015

Very nice, especially #3.

Tuckerjr · Nov 19, 2015

Nice. This post pretty much makes my decision easier & I will be purchasing this lens tomorrow

PropilotBW · Nov 19, 2015

Nice group of shots!

dannylightning · Nov 19, 2015

Dang.. those are good

Hunter58 · Nov 19, 2015

Not bad at all. Can't wait to see what you get in some really nice light.

bulldurham · Nov 20, 2015

I got to shoot again a few minutes before I had to go teach a class. Light was "better" but not good and it was late afternoon, to boot. The first shot is at 1/1250 because the wind was flipping those feathers around quite a bit and while I wanted to show the "fluff," I didn't want them to get lost. The second, the Belted Kingfisher..well, we all know what little monsters they are to catch. This one was out about 40-45 feet and in full afterburner. I got him at ISO 400, f:/7.1 at 1/3200 at 480mm. I am starting to get the hang of capturing BIF with this lens but have had precious little time to really get out and shoot the lens.