MedicineMan404 wrote:
I saw a Towhee yesterday! Not imageable but I did see one!
Maybe he'll come back. Love yours Geoff.
Thanks. I assume your Towhees are of the Eastern type. Out here we have the Spotted Towhee. If it makes you feel any better I have never seen nor photographed an Eastern Towhee Good luck catching him!!
Here are a few more from shooting in the snow yesterday (cross-posted last night in the Z thread). Nothing like some snow in a non-snowy region to get the birds out of the woodwork!!
arbitrage wrote:
Thanks. I assume your Towhees are of the Eastern type. Out here we have the Spotted Towhee. If it makes you feel any better I have never seen nor photographed an Eastern Towhee Good luck catching him!!
Yep saw him again, fleeting little bastard he is. One second viewing then gone like the wind! That and a Nuthatch are challenges these days.
hatch1921 wrote:
Many thanks for all of the replies. I'm still not sure if I want to go the F/5.6 direction... or the variable aperture direction with the 150-500/600 zooms. I tried the Nikon 200-500 but end the end I sent it back thinking it was the lens and it turned out to be the camera. I need to give it another try. Then...you have the 500mm F/4's but they are big and heavy. 1st world problems I'll figure this out at some point. The 500PF looks very attractive when you consider the size/weight/performance of the lens.
Thanks again,
Hatch
I have the same problem..including a purchase of a 200-500 that I later sold. It seemed to want too much light to produce sharp images. I need something that is light enough to travel with and hand hold. I have a hard time giving up the sharpness of the 300mm f2.8 and the 600mm f4 for smaller birds in forests. What to do? I hope you will share more of your thought process. I am currently thinking the 500 PF is the way to go.
Absolutely fantastic light in the female Pintail image. One of the most beautiful I have seen. That Z50 is a bargain IQ wise...
Although I suspect the 500PF will have its share also, and of course your skill.
ChrisMak wrote:
Absolutely fantastic light in the female Pintail image. One of the most beautiful I have seen. That Z50 is a bargain IQ wise...
Although I suspect the 500PF will have its share also, and of course your skill.
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gnet158 wrote:
Great shots Arbitrate! Droolllllll..
Good luck catching him!!
