Nature photography and the 70-200 f 2.8 .....not fealing the love...is it me?

I find myself typically shooting
At flower gardens, land scape,
Zoos, animal parks.(Good light) Previous use
Of of a 70-200 f4 never seamed to have the
Focal range needed for distance and 90% of the
Time sat at 200mm, for landscape 70mm was not wide
Enough.
I currently have a 24-120 and 150-600.
I'm trying to round out my lenses and I'm not
Sure how much use I will get from another big heavy
Distance restricted lense as this. I'm an amateur. ..
What am I missing?

I can only say you need to match your lenses to your interests,the Tamron 150-600 is on my D7200 90% of the time,ime lucky though i know where my interests are,i keep thinking about replacing my old macro lens but ime sure its more of a want than something i need.

I personally find it more of a "city" lens which is either too short or too long for most things nature.

But ultimately it's a personal preference since you can shoot about anything with any lens.

You're missing:

A macro lens
An ultra wide lens - 12-24 (FX) or 10/12-24 (DX)
A fast lens (prime or zoom) - 2.8 or faster

Lots to choose from.
Good luck.

matchman said:

I find myself typically shooting At flower gardens, landscape, Zoos, animal parks.(Good light) Previous use Of of a 70-200 f4 never seamed to have the Focal range needed for distance and 90% of the Time sat at 200mm, for landscape 70mm was not wide Enough.
I currently have a 24-120 and 150-600. I'm trying to round out my lenses and I'm not Sure how much use I will get from another big heavy Distance restricted lense as this. I'm an amateur. ..
What am I missing?

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The first thing you are missing is what camera you are using. It make a lot of difference in the answers we can give you.

If you fill out your profile and add the camera gear we can better answer any questions that you might have.
You can do that at http://nikonites.com/profile.php?do=editprofile

Under camera just put the model number like D7100; Once you put the first letter like D you will see a list of all the cameras in the database pop up. The more numbers you put in the smaller the list becomes. When you see your camera just click on it, Be sure to click on "Save Changes" in the lower right corner.

Thanks

Thanks for the replies
Camera is a D810. I also have a 50mm f1.8g lense

I know many people use the 70-200 for things like portrait, wedding and indoor sports photography, although the f/2.8 would probably be preferred for the extra f-stop. Seems like the 24-120 and 150-600 would have you well covered for the types of photography you are doing. There is no single correct answer. Everyone needs to match their tools with the job they want to do.