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Published: 2008-10-31 17:55:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 3314; Favourites: 188; Downloads: 0
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Not sure how popular this shot will be but I like it.As you can tell - this huge group of black headed gulls (winter coat) suddenly erupted from the water for no reason. I managed to get a few snaps as they were fighting each other to take off.
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How do you like that lens? I am looking for a good tele to use on my D300, the only draw back is I just spent a ton of money getting my new kit. Any suggestions?
Lovely photo my friend.
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depends how much money you have to spend. The Sigma 120-300mm f2.8 is an incredible lens (pinnacle of Sigmas Sharpness) but it lacks OS.
The Nikon 200-400mm f4 is an incredible lens, nothing matches it on any scale altough is does on the odd occasion hunt.
The 500mm f4 would be the best bet for birds, but then again even thats not enough half the time. You never seem to have enough focal length for birds its aggrivating. I want a 500mm f4 but going to be a while before I can afford one with the current economic conditions.
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Yes the 500 would be extremely nice. Why not get a teleconverter in the mean time. The 1.4 will make your 200-400 a 280-560, and you only lose one stop of light or something like that.
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Guess you havn't seen my kit listing lol. I have the 1.4 and 2x tc (2x never gets used) and the 1.4 is ok but the extra stop of light it removes from the max apperture is a hinderence. Also very slighly effect focusing speed and tracking.
The 500mm is more suited for birds because its a prime lents, incredible quality and because its fixed focal length focusing is a lot faster (no hunting through focal legnths when subject lost etc).
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In the mean time I may just go with a teleconverter on my 70-200 for now. Or, I may buy the sigma 150-500 so that I can extend my reach. Then start saving for that big fast glass.
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If you intend on buying big pro glass, don't waste time buying lenses like the sigma 150-500mm. Its money you can use towards a better lens.
I can tell you now that lens is poor. I had the original 170-500mm and at f6.8 it is just too slow. You need a ton of hard daylight go get any decent shutter speeds, and harsh daylight = horrible contrast and hard lighting which is poor for wildlife.
I know the new version has OS (the first of sigmas lenses to do so) and if its HSM it should be faster than the original but for the money... its not worth it. If it were f5.6 then at the long end then i'd say yea, but its f6.8.
Same goes for the 50-500mm bigma. Thats just too much of a focal range difference in a zoom.
If you have a 70-200mm f2.8 use a 1.4tc - thats your best option for now until you can afford a bigger lens
Have a look at the Sigma 120-300mm f2.8. I can highly recommend taht lens and with the sigma dedicated 1.4x is fantastic quality making it a 420mm f4 and is still fast as hell. Price has recently gone up on those babies though.
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True true about the price. And I am iffy about purchasing a new lens just to replace it later. I am very much considering a TC in the meantime.
I will have to give the 120-300 a shot in the future. But still 3300 bucks is a lot.
Thanks for the info.
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YEah I was lucky when I bought my 300mm 2.8. I paid £1650 for it brand new from my local LCE store, as they know they did £200 discount as well. That lens is now £2400 in the UK!
Teleconvertors are only really any use on fast pro glass (f2.8 / f4 lenses). Anything slower and it can cost you shots. Also make sure its a proper teleconvertor (nikon one for nikon lenses, sigma for sigma lenses). do NOT buy a cheapy third party TC from Kenco or anyone else because they are totally shite.
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Cool, thanks for the advice. Maybe, when the world economy recovers, Everything will drop, and I will have so much money that I won't know what to do with it. lol. I can dream.
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Wow! It's hard to stop looking at it---the facial expressions and all the backlit water drops showing the frenzy, with the calm, sweet one in front looking at the show.
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This is a very moving for the theme 'wild life'. It has all the natural element in it, top with actions. Lovely work!
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I love it, superb bird action shot! What lense did you use?
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This was shot with my Nikon 200-400mm f/4 VR with my gripped D300.
Glad you like it
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It's such a pretty photo!
How on earth did you managed not to have burned areas and the black ones in such a light?
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this is vibrant and chaotic. i love all the detail.
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Really, really nice shot. This must have taken a lot of work, great job.
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excellent shot. the only problem with it is that darker bird at the bottom just sitting there. detracts from the white of all the other birds. awesome shot though.
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yeah the pain in the arse 'i'm gonna get in your wall ALL THE BLOODY TIME' coot. Oh well, can't have it all ways with this type of photography
glad you like it
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yep, you're right. definitely can't have it all go right but it's definitely still an amazing photo. well done mate, i went through your gallery after commenting and there's so many great shots.
when i eventually get more lenses i'm definitely going to try some wildlife photography, though it'll be a bit harder for me to find places than it is for you. your photos are great and very interesting, i had to laugh at the photo of your dads lenses being held
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I do a LOT of traveling for photography - both landscape and wildlife wise.
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Do you generally just go for a day or do you do it for a weekend so you can get a few locations in from the same area? I'm nearly 17 so I can't really go far yet, but by 2010 I'll be able to drive around myself, which will help. It seems so long away but it'll come soon enough. Really looking forward to going places and just making photos.
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I just go out in the morning, drive 200 miles for a sunrise then get back for work lol.
If on a day off I tend to go out wildlife shooting for quite a few hours then head home. I don't stay out anywhere - Always get back home to process shots.
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Ahh, ok. Sounds like a very enjoyable day, if it turns out as planned. Do you shoot in RAW for greater control or JPEG for more shots? Either way, how many do you end up with before processing and then after?
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ALWAYS SHOOT RAW.
I always process my shots as soon as I get back from a shoot to stop them piling up. Number of shots depends on how long I've been out and shooting what. Coastal and landscape I usually end up with around 30-40 shots, wildlife can be anywhere from 1-4 4GB CF cards if theres a lot of action going on. Action shots are always hit and miss so the more you take the more chance you get of a decent shot. Can't always rely on your kit to keep focus etc.
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Yep, exactly the same with sports, especially when using the 75-300mm kit lens. Unfortunately, I've only got one 4GB card so if it's sports then it's JPEG. Anything else it's RAW, for sure.
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Should go for quality over quantity mate. You might get more shots in JPG - but the quality is severley reduced and exposure corrections near on impossible without damaing it further
Get another 4GB card from Play.com
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I'm working towards saving to get lenses now, hopefully by the end of January or February I'll have enough, so when I get my first 70-200mm, I'll get another card because I know I'll be shooting more.
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what 200mm are you after? the 2.8?
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Most likely the f/2.8 USM, because I can't justify not saving up for an extra few weeks to get it over the f/4. It's nearly double the weight, but I'd say it's worth it.
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the 70-200 f2.8 is light mate 
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Good to hear! I guess they were comparing it to the f/4 and some said it might be unbalanced with my 400D, but I think it'll be right.
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ignore this unblanaced shit. The tripod collars take the weight when mounted on tripods and when hand hold you HAVE to hold the lens anyway otherwise you'll rip the lens mount out the camera body with telephotos lol
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That's true haha. I'll definitely use a monopod most of the time if I'm at a sporting event anyway, because with the collar I can rotate it from portrait to landscape.
I have a question you might know the answer to. Once when I took my 400D and 75-300mm to the rugby league and for a couple of minutes, zoomed in on the photographer. I can't exactly remember what lens he had (definitely not a 70-200 though), but he clicked buttons to zoom instead of rotating. Another time when I didn't have mine, another photographer had just a 70-200mm on him but because I couldn't see closer, I wasn't sure if he rotated to zoom or if he had buttons. So there's my question, does a 70-200mm rotate to zoom or is internal? This is one time where I'd rather see first hand than look at photos
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ALL zoom lenses are rotating for zooming, (altough canons 100-400 is a push/pull affair). There might be one or two lenses that are button driven but for zoom i'm not sure. My nikon 70-200mm f2.8VR and Nikon 200-400mm f4VR both have switchs and buttons on them but not for zoom - its for focus restriction, vr on off etc and in the case of the big lens a memory set and restore button (press a button and the lens automatically shoots back to where it was focused).
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Thanks mate. Don't know what he was using then.
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I think that's one of my favorite of yours yet! The water flying everywhere... it really is an eruption! I love how there's a bunch of stuff going on at once - like the gull that's just staring up watching the rest!
Its a very fine and focused pic - good shot! A Favorite for sure!
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