Hand Held @ 500mm, not bad... Young blackbird

[Paul]

I have this Sigma 150-500mm lens now and need to get out and try it but for now I am limited to blackbirds, sparrows, etc in our tiny garden.

Nowt fancy, just a young BB sat facing away from me on top of next doors leylandii, but it was hand held, and at 500mm, small crop.

Exif:

Camera Maker: Canon
Camera Model: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: 150-500mm
Image Date: 2013-12-31 14:42:05 +0000
Focal Length: 500mm
Aperture: f/6.3
Exposure Time: 0.0080 s (1/125)
ISO equiv: 200
Exposure Bias: none
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
White Balance: Manual
Flash Fired: No (enforced)
Orientation: Normal
Color Space: sRGB
GPS Coordinate: undefined, undefined
Creator: Paul Iddon
Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK

 

 

Paul.

[Leon]

brilliant Paul!!

[GrahamNfk]

Norralot wrong with that lens in your hands

[Paul]

brilliant Paul!!

 

 

Norralot wrong with that lens in your hands

 

 

Thanks lads - just need to find something other than blackbirds, sparrows, and sheppies...

 

Paul.

[colinb]

very good especially hand held with no stablisation 

[Paul]

It has OS Colin. Without it I would have no chance of keeping it steady. The lens weighs 4LB's!

 

 

Paul.

[FUJI]

Wow! That is one clear shot considering the lens was hand held, great focus and feather detail.

I would love to go down the long lens route, but it won't happen unless I win the Lottery.

FUJI

[Paul]

I was lucky. My works botched up my wages back in February when i started so i just got a tax rebate. I had to sell my L series 70-200 to put £300 towards the £500 that this 2nd hand lens was going for.

Cheers for the comment. :-)

Paul.

[David]

A lovely clear shot Paul, I'm impressed!

[Paul]

Cheers m8, still need a good birding place to test it better.

Paul.

[David]

Are there any RSPB reserves near Preston?

[Guest]

nice shot , very well captured especially as its a hand held shot, thats a nice lens, I have one but having recently got a 100-400 L I'm thinking of selling the sigma 150 -500

[Paul]

It's about 20 miles to the nearest RSPB, which is Marshside at Southport, good for waders but they are all quite distant.

 

After that, it is Leighton Moss, our usual haunt when we go out bird watching, which is about 35 miles away.

 

There is Brockholes Nature reserve, but getting to it by anything other than car is lengthy even though its only 6 miles away - there are no buses that easily pass it.

 

It's not having time to go really, as the wife has the car for work, and our days of do not usually fall the same.

 

 

Paul.

[Jon]

great shot, by the time I sort myself out the bird normally disappears :-)

[Paul]

Thank you Jon.

 

I was stood behind the bird, so maybe it wasn't so aware of my presence...

 

Paul.

[Leon]

paul....Pennington flash, end of search!!

[Paul]

Yeah Leon, a couple of friends go there and i hope to tag along with them in the new year.

Ta m8.

Paul.

[Leon]

let me know I'll tag along one weekend

[Paul]

Will do if i can dude.

Paul.