Bird Portraits - Post Yours!

[Levina de Ruijter]

A shot from 4 yrs. ago of a red shouldered hawk at Lake Myakka. Taken with the old Canon 80D and Tamron 150-600 mm.

11142080-studio25 by Kirk Behymer, on Flickr

Excellent shot, Kirk. The 80D and that Tammy, seems so long ago but it isn't is. That 150-600m, Tamron or Sigma, has disappeared altogether.

 

[pcs]

Already singing it's heart out, waiting for a new victim??

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Already singing it's heart out, waiting for a new victim??
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I almost spilled my coffee! Poor birdie. Killer. But still...

 

[JohnPD]

Already singing it's heart out, waiting for a new victim??
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Killer shot!

 

[K9Kirk]

Excellent shot, Kirk. The 80D and that Tammy, seems so long ago but it isn't is. That 150-600m, Tamron or Sigma, has disappeared altogether.

Thx. Levina. You're right for the most part. I'd say people that are experienced with cameras and lens wouldn't bother buying such a lens, everyone is moving toward mirrorless and lighter lenses. But a newb just learning with a DSLR or a mirrorless with an adapter, or just a 'hobbyist' with lower expectations and on a budget might buy one. For the price you could get one for, it wouldn't be a bad deal. they're only $689.99 US dollars on amazon and it's a very rugged lens, mine served me well. Took a lickin' and kept on tickin'! Would I buy another??? Nooooo! Regression feels too much like failure.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Thx. Levina. You're right for the most part. I'd say people that are experienced with cameras and lens wouldn't bother buying such a lens, everyone is moving toward mirrorless and lighter lenses. But a newb just learning with a DSLR or a mirrorless with an adapter, or just a 'hobbyist' with lower expectations and on a budget might buy one. For the price you could get one for, it wouldn't be a bad deal. they're only $689.99 US dollars on amazon and it's a very rugged lens, mine served me well. Took a lickin' and kept on tickin'! Would I buy another??? Nooooo! Regression feels too much like failure.

You get no argument from me, Kirk. The old(er) DSLR's and lenses do as well now as they did in the past. But the world moved on and we went with it, switching to mirrorless. Most of us anyway.

I remember, I went from a 1D4 to a R6 and also bought the RF 800/11. I thought that it would be a ridiculous lens. And it wasn't. It was brilliant. Yes, it has its limitations, obviously, but to suddenly have 800mm in a lens as light and affordable as that was something that I would've considered impossible before. Not much later I bought the RF 100-500 and the 800/11 hasn't been used much after that.

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

These shots were taken during my first outing with the 800/11 on a rather dark day in October 2020. I shot at ISO 4000. I'd never done that before. I was rather impressed by the results. I remember saying on POTN: how did I ever live without it?

Cormorant

And what looks like an almost adult herring gull

 

[fotoi]

Wood duck

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Wood duck

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This is a real beauty of a shot, fotoi.

 

[fotoi]

This is a real beauty of a shot, fotoi.

Thank you very much.