Another Eagle, Another Lens Rant!

[THE PILGRIM]

So I’m cruising up the Rio Grande about 20 miles South of Taos.
The River is in a small gorge, not always visible.
I look across on the other side.
Bald Eagle!
So I Go up a ways and put on the trusty 70-300 Zoom.
Turn around, back down to the Eagle.
Start shooting as soon as I get out of the car.
He’s not too concerned!
He across the River a good distance away.
He looked like this.
I guess I need a longer Lens!

 

[Lee Barner]

I like that picture a lot. beautiful scenery and a beautiful bird. they aren't bothered by boats either. I've fished right under them in WI and MI. they just watch and see if we throw something back they can get. they will also steal fish off the ice if you don't watch them. lee

 

[wood714]

I use what I call a poor man's 400mm.

It's the older style 300 f/4 and I use a Nikon 1.4 teleconverter on it which gives me 420mm. I'm using a old D300 that has a crop sensor which gives me a total of 630mm.

I think I paid around $1,600 for the lens and $500 for the teleconverter. It's around 12.5" long and you need a good tripod.

The eagle nest I shot for 3 years till a storm blew it down. This was shot at 35mm. Click the pics for a larger size.

This was shot with the lens I showed above.

 

[jrm53]

Back in the late 70's and early 80's I had a Pentax K1000 and a B&L Discoverable telescope that went from 20 to 60 power that I could mount on it we had a redhead wood pecker tree that I used to shoot slides of them. The main trouble was the film speed I could never get more than 400 speed film I shot some 400 at 800 and told the film people what I had done and got some fair pictures. You have to have a tripod and a cable release. Now all I use is a digital camera. Jeff

 

[Ole Joe Clark]

I have just purchased a new battery for the Canon 40D that I have, but no really good lens. I am trying to re-learn how to take decent digital photos.

Have a blessed day,

Leon

 

[cballman]

Tamron has a 150-600 telephoto lens.. I have tried one out but when it runs around the $1300.00 mark kinda hard to let go that kind of money. BUT one day I will

 

[wood714]

Tamron has a 150-600 telephoto lens.. I have tried one out but when it runs around the $1300.00 mark kinda hard to let go that kind of money. BUT one day I will

My dream lottery lens in a Nikon 400 f/2.8. Costs a little over $11,000.

I'll just keep on dreaming.

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f/2.8E FL ED VR Lens 2217 B&H Photo Video

 

[H Richard]

I think your picture s just fine. but can be iproved by the placement of subject. Rather than dead center, try placing it in little offset with any kind of line or shadow leading to it. In competitive salons I learned about the "rule of thirds" and "S curve" to enhance the image. Of course back in film days you could just crop the picture or alter the enlargement.