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Hooded Meganser at dinner time.

Western Grebe

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From a few days ago.

Just a few shots from my travels today. Magpie I think this hawk saw me. :) Crazy huge flocks of Red Wing Blackbirds today. Fun to watch! Eurasian Collared-Dove Kestrel who also saw me. :)

Hawks. :)

Several shots of a Kestrel from yesterday...

A few from today. European Starling Group of very noisy Starling Dark-eyed Junco Northern Flicker House Finch Goldfinch in winter colors

A few more in better light.

Here are some shots I took today with the new Tamron 150-600. I'm still debating whether I prefer the versatility and longer reach of this over my Nikon 300MM f/4 with 1.4x teleconverter. The Tamron is a tad less sharp, but I still need more real world experience. I have yet to get a decent bird...

And tres mas.

Yep. The D70 works just fine for this kind of stuff. Here are a few more from today.

Just for fun, here are the 100% crops with levels adjusted and a "normal" amount of sharpness added in Aperture. The first is the Tammy, the second the Nikon.

Okay, here's a quick comparison between the Tamron 150-600mm shot at 420mm, vs my trusted and well loved Nikon 300MM f/4 with a 1.4X Nikon teleconverter. These shots were hand held, so take that into consideration. Pics were taken with a D7100 and there was no post processing of any kind, other...

So I generally like the 18-300 f/5.6 lens, it produces good results at the telephoto range, and very good results in the 18-150 range. Close focus (under 2 meters or so) is fine up until around 150mm, when it starts to back focus significantly. When shooting grasshoppers the other day at...

Couple More...

Taken with my ancient D70. :)

The weather is mostly cloudy and the light is terrible here today. I took the Tamzooka out and was impressed by how quickly it focused in the dark, flat light. I don't have much to show for my outing today, but the moon popped out in a small patch of blue sky. This is uncropped on my D7100...