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So I bought the tamron 150-600 a couple of weeks back, and had my first chance to try it out yesterday. I'm shooting on a Nikon d5100. I can't make any comparisons as this is the first long lens I've used, but I'm in love. Lighting conditions were poo poo as it was in the middle of a mild storm. As a result there wasn't much flying going on so I didn't get a chance to capture motion. It was also so dark to get decent shutter speeds I was shooting at ISO 3200. The D5100 seems to perform pretty well with only a little bit of denoising.  img_0001 by barfish, on Flickr img_0002 by barfish, on Flickr img_0003 by barfish, on Flickr img_0005 by barfish, on Flickr img_0006 by barfish, on FlickrAF is spot-on, though it may not be fast enough (I haven't tried yet as nothing was flying). The only times I had trouble with it hunting was when I was off the limiter with material between me and the bird, or when I was being an idiot and shooting close to the minimum focus distance. I'm actually scared of trying to shoot action with it- half the time I can't find the bird in the viewfinder fast enough. Anyone got any advice, or is there anything with in my EXIF that suggests I could be configured better for birding? Bonus lorikeet porn:  img_0004 by barfish, on Flickr
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StarkingBarfish posted:So I bought the tamron 150-600 a couple of weeks back, and had my first chance to try it out yesterday. I'm shooting on a Nikon d5100. drat, I'm fairly impressed. Has tamron been putting out better quality glass lately?
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Oct 6, 2014 15:18
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Pukestain Pal posted:drat, I'm fairly impressed. Has tamron been putting out better quality glass lately? I can't comment on their other new stuff, but the 150-600 got rave reviews which I can agree with, and seems to have caused sigma to make a mad scramble for a similar lens. If I'd been smart I'd have waited a few months to see if the sigma outperforms enough to warrant the increased price, or at least to see if the price of the tammy dropped, but they're hard to come by and I was on a business trip when I saw it in the window. StarkingBarfish fucked around with this message at 15:33 on Oct 6, 2014 |
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Oct 6, 2014 15:29
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StarkingBarfish posted:I can't comment on their other new stuff, but the 150-600 got rave reviews which I can agree with, and seems to have caused sigma to make a mad scramble for a similar lens. If I'd been smart I'd have waited a few months to see if the sigma outperforms enough to warrant the increased price, or at least to see if the price of the tammy dropped, but they're hard to come by and I was on a business trip when I saw it in the window. Yeah, I'm sitting here waiting for the Sigma (sport model since the AF is better). If it's anything like the 120-300 it'll be a great lens.
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Oct 6, 2014 15:54
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Pukestain Pal posted:Yeah, I'm sitting here waiting for the Sigma (sport model since the AF is better). If it's anything like the 120-300 it'll be a great lens. Bear in mind it's a good bit heavier than the tamron- I handheld a few of these shots but after a few hours I was glad I had a monopod with me. Portability isn't so high on the list of priorities for these lenses, but the tamron is a monster, so I dread to think what the sigma will be like.
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Oct 6, 2014 15:58
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StarkingBarfish posted:I'm actually scared of trying to shoot action with it- half the time I can't find the bird in the viewfinder fast enough. Anyone got any advice, or is there anything with in my EXIF that suggests I could be configured better for birding? Zoom out to acquire the bird then zoom in to frame works pretty well. I shot with primes for a long time and struggled with finding the bird in the VF, especially in flight, but when I got a long zoom it became much easier to get an initial lock by zooming out.
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Yeah, I can see that making sense. With a monopod it's not so easy to keep the camera steady while manipulating the zoom ring, but I guess this just takes practice.
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Pine Grosbeaks are pretty hard to find in the Cascade mountains of Washington. I stumbled 7 of them on Sunday on top of a mountain.  Johnson Ridge Pine Grosbeak by beastofexmoor, on FlickrI went 31 years without seeing my first Northern Pygmy-Owl. On Sunday I randomly came across three different birds just hanging out in the top of trees in the middle of the day. This one was pretty photogenic.  Northern Pygmy-Owl Staredown by beastofexmoor, on Flickr 20141005-20141005-_MG_0043.jpg by beastofexmoor, on Flickr
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Oct 8, 2014 02:53
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Wow, good finds! I've gone looking for pine grosbeaks in the Wallowas in NE Oregon but haven't had any luck. I still haven't seen Pygmy Owls even though we usually have some inside Portland city limits. Forest Park is big...
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TheMirage posted:
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All of these are very nice. Pukestain Pal posted:drat, I'm fairly impressed. Has tamron been putting out better quality glass lately? Last week some Snowy Egrets were too preoccupied with catching sticklebacks to notice me sneaking down the levee for some closeups.  strike1 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Their tongues are as yellow as their feet and ceres  gulp2 by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  missed by Redwood Planet, on Flickr They like to fish in groups, but some of them get cranky when another one gets too close to their favorite fishing spot or when two are following the same fish.  snowy-fight by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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Moon Potato posted:One of my friends just got the 150-600mm, so I'll probably get a chance to compare it to my sigma zooms soon. Looking forward to knowing what you think. I don't mind skimping on some build quality (yay insurance!) for that much of a price difference if the glass is similar.
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Mo' duck pond visits, mo' problems. Male Mallard by straygiraffe, on Flickr  Female Mallard by straygiraffe, on Flickr
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I feel like it's cheating when they're in captivity, but I won't pretend, I'm no birder.
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Jimlad posted:I feel like it's cheating when they're in captivity, but I won't pretend, I'm no birder. Still a good shot. Hawk bathing time.  RedTail Splash by justincook5376, on Flickr RedTail Splash by justincook5376, on Flickr RedTail Splash by justincook5376, on FlickrAll clean  Redtail Hawk by justincook5376, on Flickr
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Was out on Vancouver Island on the weekend, aside from the first one, these are from Goldstream Provincial Park. Pretty cool park for birding, also saw a Stellar's Jay and a Belted Kingfisher, but couldn't get a good pic. Apparently once the salmon run is over in early December there's tons of Bald Eagles  Herring Gull by tylerhuestis, on FlickrI think this is a Herring Gull?  Spotted Towhee by tylerhuestis, on Flickr Bald Eagle in the fog by tylerhuestis, on Flickr American Dipper by tylerhuestis, on Flickr American Dipper by tylerhuestis, on Flickr Brown Creeper by tylerhuestis, on Flickr
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neckbeard posted:Was out on Vancouver Island on the weekend, aside from the first one, these are from Goldstream Provincial Park. Pretty cool park for birding, also saw a Stellar's Jay and a Belted Kingfisher, but couldn't get a good pic. Apparently once the salmon run is over in early December there's tons of Bald Eagles On the gull one, I love the raindrops in the background! If that is cropped, I feel like it's too close to the bird's feet. Recrop a bit and I think you'll have a really stunning shot. The Brown Creeper shot is also beautiful.
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neckbeard posted:
Looks more like a juvenile (hatched this year) Western Gull. Chunky bill, overall dark body, pure black bill. Typically the Western's we see just south of this in Puget Sound tend to be have some Glaucous-Winged Gull genetics as well (the hybrids are sometimes called "Olympic Gulls"). SX40 is paying for itself. Picture quality is nothing like my 50D/100-400mm, but it comes everywhere with me.  Franklin's Gull - Everett STP by beastofexmoor, on Flickr American Pipit - Everett STP by beastofexmoor, on FlickrIt does video as well, which is nice. https://www.flickr.com/photos/beastofexmoor/15344915798/
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Kenshin posted:On the gull one, I love the raindrops in the background! If that is cropped, I feel like it's too close to the bird's feet. Recrop a bit and I think you'll have a really stunning shot. Thanks, it's just rotated a bit which cut out a little beneath the feet, but there wasn't much more beneath it, it was pretty tight. I've got a couple other shots of that bird that might have a bit of what's below, I just liked the angle that it's head was at. Will fire up the Photoshop when I get home from work BeastOfExmoor posted:Looks more like a juvenile (hatched this year) Western Gull. Chunky bill, overall dark body, pure black bill. Typically the Western's we see just south of this in Puget Sound tend to be have some Glaucous-Winged Gull genetics as well (the hybrids are sometimes called "Olympic Gulls"). Yeah, looking at the tail feathers, looks like a Western Gull as opposed to a Herring. I was reading wikipedia on Western Gulls and had a laugh at this: quote:Western gulls have become a serious nuisance to the San Francisco Giants baseball team. Thousands of gulls fly over AT&T Park in San Francisco during late innings of games. They swarm the field, defecate on fans, and after games eat leftovers of stadium food in the seats; how the birds know when games are about to end is unknown. The gulls left while a red-tailed hawk visited the park in late 2011, but returned after the hawk disappeared. Federal law prohibits shooting the birds, and hiring a falconer would cost the Giants $8000 a game.
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neckbeard posted:...hiring a falconer would cost the Giants $8000 a game. There are 81 home games played by the giants each year. I refuse to believe that a falconer would charge $648,000 a season. I suspect that the fear of a hawk would wear off quickly since they're not any larger than the gulls and they don't really take avian prey that often.
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Is there some sort of category name for species like the Glaucous gull or Mallard duck that cross-breed with lots of other related species?
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Kenshin posted:Is there some sort of category name for species like the Glaucous gull or Mallard duck that cross-breed with lots of other related species? sluts
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BeastOfExmoor posted:There are 81 home games played by the giants each year. I refuse to believe that a falconer would charge $648,000 a season. I suspect that the fear of a hawk would wear off quickly since they're not any larger than the gulls and they don't really take avian prey that often. I saw a video about a falconer not long ago, he takes his not-quite-a-Peregrine (can't remember the exact species, about the size of a Peregrine) out to landfills to keep the gulls from spreading garbage around too much. In the video he'd been doing this for long enough - about a year, I think - that the gulls just take off as soon as they see his car. The ecology of fear is a fascinating and currently pretty active research area, lots of species freak the gently caress out at the merest hint of a mildly dangerous, "not that often" potential predator. Kenshin posted:Is there some sort of category name for species like the Glaucous gull or Mallard duck that cross-breed with lots of other related species? "Extreme outbreeder" or, yeah, sluts. Some critters are just willing to go for it with anything that can be pinned down long enough.
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BeastOfExmoor posted:I suspect that the fear of a hawk would wear off quickly since they're not any larger than the gulls and they don't really take avian prey that often. They'd probably mob the gently caress out of it and try to poo poo on it mid air. That's what I've seen em do to Bald Eagles at least. ExecuDork posted:I saw a video about a falconer not long ago, he takes his not-quite-a-Peregrine (can't remember the exact species, about the size of a Peregrine) Aplomado?
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An itchy sparrow and a blue jay. 5B4A9541 by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr 5B4A9544 by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr 5B4A9571 by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr
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Some more from the Tamzooka this morning Sharp-shinned-Hawk B&W 1881 on FlickrA pretty heavy crop on this one  Sharp-shinned-Hawk 1880 on Flickr
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I like the B&W one ^^ Cardinal. This was before sunrise, so I had to really crank the ISO.  5B4A9589 by Jason the Hutt, on Flickr
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Some more egrets from the McDaniel Slough tidal wetlands snowy-stalk by Redwood Planet, on Flickr  snowies-ge by Redwood Planet, on Flickr Some of the fall/winter waterfowl dabbling for the last remnants of duckweed before moving on to the next pond.  waterfowl-trio by Redwood Planet, on Flickr The Red-shouldered hawk that's been at Arcata Marsh for the past couple months has a girlfriend now. Here she is calling while they were hanging out in a tree together.  rsh-call by Redwood Planet, on Flickr
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Found a young-adult female northern harrier (her plumage is partway through transition from yearling to adult female) at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge this morning. She had a stump perch about 10-15 meters from the path and was occasionally hopping down to the grass or gliding short distances around and then back to the stump. Finally left after nearly an hour of being photographed by a bunch of birders!  The light wasn't great, and my poor D3200 struggled to get good focus. 
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I honestly can't remember what this is. Anyone know?
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Jimlad posted:I honestly can't remember what this is. Anyone know? Stanley Crane I believe.
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Pukestain Pal posted:Stanley Crane I believe. Bonus points to you.
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That's the most barn-owly view of a Harrier I've ever seen. Bizarre!
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Alpenglow posted:That's the most barn-owly view of a Harrier I've ever seen. Bizarre! They have a facial disk and hearing mechanisms like owls. That's why you see them flying low over the ground - they're locating prey by sound.
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Alpenglow posted:That's the most barn-owly view of a Harrier I've ever seen. Bizarre! I have a few others that show the face off even better but they are even worse shots, a combination of ISO 3200 and I think a very slightly missed focus.
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Can someone with some disposable income buy this for shits and giggles http://www.futureshop.ca/en-ca/prod...9ee2c2aef07en02
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neckbeard posted:Can someone with some disposable income buy this for shits and giggles SOLD OUT
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A few from the last few months. Stellar Jay  Aust/NZ 2014 by hookshot88, on FlickrHummingbird  Aust/NZ 2014 by hookshot88, on FlickrEmus  Aust/NZ 2014 by hookshot88, on FlickrKea (captive)  Aust/NZ 2014 by hookshot88, on FlickrKiwi (captive)  Aust/NZ 2014 by hookshot88, on FlickrComorant of some sort  Aust/NZ 2014 by hookshot88, on FlickrEgret of some kind?  Aust/NZ 2014 by hookshot88, on FlickrPlover (with baby!)  Aust/NZ 2014 by hookshot88, on Flickr
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Allow me to geek out on this really awesome rarity I saw on Sunday. Northern Wheatear's are awesome because they have one of the longest migrations of any bird. The population this bird most likely comes from breeds in Alaska and winters in northern Africa.  Northern Wheatear 4 by beastofexmoor, on Flickr Vashon Northern Wheatear 2 by beastofexmoor, on Flickr Vashon Northern Wheatear 1 by beastofexmoor, on Flickr
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