Sanderling

[coastalconn]

Why not go to the beach in February in CT? These little sandpipers are quite cute. They hang out with gulls but they hop all over the place quite fast. I decided to throw a 1.4x TC on the Tamron 200-500 for the first three shots. It was dark and overcast but surprisingly the AF still worked a little.

1 with TC

Sanderling 5 by krisinct, on Flickr

2 with TC

Sanderling 4 by krisinct, on Flickr

3 with TC

Sanderling 3 by krisinct, on Flickr

4 without TC

Sanderling 2 by krisinct, on Flickr

5 without TC

Sanderling 1 by krisinct, on Flickr

 

[PixelRabbit]

Cool set Coastal! I like the first shot, he totally looks like he should tip over!

 

[newfoundlander61]

Love the 3rd and 4th shots, side view and nice low angle.

 

[JacaRanda]

Great job again. Beautiful birds and loving the rocks and shells too. You inspire me Coastal.

 

[Mully]

The are all great but #3 is my favorite

 

[coastalconn]

Thanks everyone! These little guys were pretty funny to watch as they were trying to avoid the waves.

 

[baturn]

As always, great shots! Love the 1st, as anyone who can nap standing on one leg is OK by me.

 

[JacaRanda]

BTW, you may have just convinced me to pull the trigger on a TC. My head has been close to exploding reading all the reviews on the positives and negatives.

 

[coastalconn]

BTW, you may have just convinced me to pull the trigger on a TC. My head has been close to exploding reading all the reviews on the positives and negatives.

I still have mixed feelings. It isn't supposed to work as well as it did. But the results were surprisingly good on some of the shots. I decided instead of loosing the stop in shutter speed, I would eat it in ISO. Since it filled more of the frame, noise wasn't too bad. The jury is still out, but for now it looks promising...