Eye Candy!

[tom turner]

I just got a new lens yesterday for when I'm shooting my Canon instead of my S&W wheel guns.

Here's some eye candy for you bird lovers out there! Enjoy! . . .

Male Northern Cardinal

Male Goldfinch - winter plumage

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Female Goldfinch - winter plumage

 

[LVSteve]

Great stuff. What lens did you get?

 

[Onomea]

Beautiful!

 

[Bullet Bob]

How do you know it's a Northern Cardinal? Does it retire to the South, and complain about how we can't do anything right? That the food isn't as good? Does it fly slower than all the other birds, while blocking the lanes?

 

[Geronimo Jim]

How do you know it's a Northern Cardinal? Does it retire to the South, and complain about how we can't do anything right? That the food isn't as good? Does it fly slower than all the other birds, while blocking the lanes?

I don't care who you are, that's funny!

 

[Rule3]

How do you know it's a Northern Cardinal? Does it retire to the South, and complain about how we can't do anything right? That the food isn't as good? Does it fly slower than all the other birds, while blocking the lanes?

Saw it get out of a white Mini Van (formerly a White Crown Vic)

 

[tom turner]

How do you know it's a Northern Cardinal? Does it retire to the South, and complain about how we can't do anything right? That the food isn't as good? Does it fly slower than all the other birds, while blocking the lanes?

LOL . . . I'm a REAL Florida native, so I've seen some good bumper stickers (back in the day) displayed by other frustrated Florida natives such as these two:

"When I get old and retire I'm going to move to New York and drive slow!" and . . .

"I don't give a darn how you do it in New Jersey!" (of course, the original sticker spelled out that common "D" word but I don't want to offend anyone here)

Alas, I was reassigned to the multi-state company's home office of the company I work for 22 years ago, but I still miss SOUTHERN Florida where I was raised (Tallahassee).

Yep, Florida is a WEIRD state in that the further south you go; the more NORTHERN it becomes!

 

[tom turner]

Great stuff. What lens did you get?

A Canon EF 400mm/5.6L. It is a lot of lens for the money and, as is typical of Canon's "L" series lenses . . . it can give fantastic results.

So far I've learned that my "decent" tripod and tripod head actually has a little vibration to it. A super telephoto lens will reveal this like a 20x scope on a rifle fired from a sand bag. Thus I've got to deal with the tripod head issue, for this lens is so tack sharp that when NOTHING moves, the images are amazingly sharp! A GREAT tripod is like a great benchrest-grade competition rifle rest when you want to eliminate vibration!

I bought the lens (and this is funny/relevant) from a RETIRED Boston native (and long-time amateur photographer) who is 84 years old now, and just now getting out of serious photography. When he retired? Yep . . . he moved to FLORIDA!

 

[2152hq]

I just got a new lens yesterday for when I'm shooting my Canon instead of my S&W wheel guns.

Here's some eye candy for you bird lovers out there! Enjoy! . . .

Male Northern Cardinal

The Female Northern Cardinal would be the one with the blueish white colored feathers pulled up high on top of her head?




Great pictures!!

 

[tom turner]

Here's my latest . . . actually a quick test shot today of a different technique that some bird photographers swear by. Result? The sharpest photo of a Tufted Titmouse I've ever taken!

 

[jaykellogg]

Great camera work!.

 

[cowboyfanVA]

Oh I thought you were talking about "eye candy"....

 

[Steely Dan]

Oh I thought you were talking about "eye candy"....

For Pete's sake, don't let Brent Musberger see this!!

 

[Steely Dan]

Here's my latest . . . actually a quick test shot today of a different technique that some bird photographers swear by. Result? The sharpest photo of a Tufted Titmouse I've ever taken!

The Titmouse and the Chickadee are my favorites.

Busy little critters go through a 25 lb bag of sunflower seed every few weeks but worth the fun of watching (and hearing) them.

We have the feeder set up in front of our living room window to enjoy.

 

[Spininprop]

The 400f5.6 is a great performer. Can't beat an L which is why I got the 24-70 f2.8L

Both are great. Have fun with it.

A Canon EF 400mm/5.6L. It is a lot of lens for the money and, as is typical of Canon's "L" series lenses . . . it can give fantastic results.

So far I've learned that my "decent" tripod and tripod head actually has a little vibration to it. A super telephoto lens will reveal this like a 20x scope on a rifle fired from a sand bag. Thus I've got to deal with the tripod head issue, for this lens is so tack sharp that when NOTHING moves, the images are amazingly sharp! A GREAT tripod is like a great benchrest-grade competition rifle rest when you want to eliminate vibration!

I bought the lens (and this is funny/relevant) from a RETIRED Boston native (and long-time amateur photographer) who is 84 years old now, and just now getting out of serious photography. When he retired? Yep . . . he moved to FLORIDA!

 

[Spininprop]

That funny. He was all over himself talking about her (I can see why). I thought he was ready to have a smoke...




QUOTE=Steely Dan;136918176]For Pete's sake, don't let Brent Musberger see this!! [/QUOTE]

 

[tom turner]

The 400f5.6 is a great performer. Can't beat an L which is why I got the 24-70 f2.8L

Both are great. Have fun with it.

Yes, you have another of those incredible, iconic Canon "L" lenses. Their premium "glass" costs a lot of money, but then again they sell for exactly what they are worth too!!!

I'm more into primes, and until this point I've been shooting a tack sharp EF 200mm/2.8 L lens as my longest "bird" lens . . . quite a challenge sometimes but man, what a lens!

Here's an image taken with the 200/2.8 L that shows the sharpness . . . even though this is a severe crop from the original image!