We've certainly had our fill lately! D3, 200-400,1.4x

Those pretty much tell the 'wet' story. Some birds don't look so good wet Some birds are still quite pretty Sure adds great saturation to colors! A different look, nice rainy day shooting.

Karl

Poor guys, all but 1 looks miserable. Nice shots, I really like 1 but the others really convey the conditions. 2-4 the blurred white, blossoms(?), kind of pull one's attention away from the subjects.

Tim

Number 1 has beautiful colours. I agree with Tim about the white in the foreground. but they sure look wet.

I just want to say that these are super sharp & amazing color. Too bad about the white blossoms. The 200-400VR sings on the D3.

Congratulations

Lil

Second what Lil said. I need that lens.
Harsha

Hi Guys,

In the Tifs and prints the blossoms have a lot of pink on them, which blends well. We are due another three inches (7.6 cm) beginning this afternoon. What a mess!

Lil and Harsha, I debated for some time over whether the get the 300 f2.8 (which I was used to using on my Canons) or the big zoom. Mostly I was worried about sharpness. I think I made the correct decision for me because the 200-400 range is so versatile, and the image quality is excellent. That said, I rarely used the Canon 300 f2.8IS on a tripod, and rarely use the big Nikon zoom without a tripod. I can hand hold it at a single focal length (it is too big and heavy to hold and zoom at the same time), even at slow shutter speeds, but after a couple of weeks using it on a large ball head, I bought the Wimberly II head, which now seems to form one large integrated unit with the 200-400 zoom.

Bill

Beautiful captures. Great job with the first shot.
Socrate

I love the wet wildlife! Very nice series - love the Dove!

This is an amazing series... I love all of the images shot through the flowering tree.
nothing short of great!
cheers,
bruce

Like this series of "Rain" mode

Thank you Socrate, Floris, Bruce, KHOR! The good news is we finally have sun today!

Lovely captures from a great combo. Congrats.

Jude

You got some real soakers here Bill! Great job on all of these, the BlueJay really looks miserable.

Doug