my first shots from canon 350d taken with sigma 70-210 (please see here: http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?p=523031#post523031) this is a bit too soft, I needed to sharpen it. and here is a thief:
Here's the difference between one who really knows how to take photos and myself ... you borrow a telephoto lens and try it out and what do you get? A super bird portrait, almost captured "in flagranti delicto". And I try to photograph our birds and try and try and ...? Blah results only here. Hmph.