These two just hanging out.

[CD51]

It's been rainy around here, so I have not been out as much.

 

[sscarmack]

Cropped?

 

[Bamps]

Nice shot, beautiful colored birds

 

[CD51]

Cropped?

Yep, I would love to have a little longer zoom. Actually I have never had the privlage of trying out a high end long focal length lens. I took this photo with a Pentax FA J 75-300mm zoom. I have found that if you don't use them at the very end of the focal length and open the aperture wide open you can get a fairly sharp image. Of course my 51 year old eyes are not what they use to be so focus can be a challenge for me.

 

[IzzieK]

Cropped?

Yep, I would love to have a little longer zoom. Actually I have never had the privlage of trying out a high end long focal length lens. I took this photo with a Pentax FA J 75-300mm zoom. I have found that if you don't use them at the very end of the focal length and open the aperture wide open you can get a fairly sharp image. Of course my 51 year old eyes are not what they use to be so focus can be a challenge for me.

Yeah...same here...I tried my 300 this morning for that mourning dove on the wire shot and have to thrash it...after the bird had flown away, I rotate my mode to program and took a shot at a nearby branch, took note of the settings, then tried the manual again and I got it to shoot sharply. Now at least I have a note to remember about settings in that particular mode, weather conditions and lighting.

 

[CD51]

Cropped?

Yep, I would love to have a little longer zoom. Actually I have never had the privlage of trying out a high end long focal length lens. I took this photo with a Pentax FA J 75-300mm zoom. I have found that if you don't use them at the very end of the focal length and open the aperture wide open you can get a fairly sharp image. Of course my 51 year old eyes are not what they use to be so focus can be a challenge for me.

Yeah...same here...I tried my 300 this morning for that mourning dove on the wire shot and have to thrash it...after the bird had flown away, I rotate my mode to program and took a shot at a nearby branch, took note of the settings, then tried the manual again and I got it to shoot sharply. Now at least I have a note to remember about settings in that particular mode, weather conditions and lighting.

I am glad you got the shot, I will shoot a couple hundred pictures keep about a dozen or two and really like maybe a handful.