Hey.
Discovered this site while researching upgrading to a big boy lens.
Spent the past two years shooting wildlife (mostly in New Jersey) with a Canon 40D and 100-400 IS. Early this year I bought a Manfrotto tripod and became comfortable that I was eliminating most user error with respect to focus, but still I'm not happy with the lens' performance in that area.
So, the plan is to buy a used Canon 500mm f/4 IS as soon as a nicely priced one presents itself. Ruled out the 400 2.8 due to size and limited reach and the 600 4 due to size and the largeness of the minimum focal length.
For now, posting two shots ('cause I can't figure out how to embed to be able to show more).
The black swallowtail (last year, hand held), fun. He was hungry. The brown pelican (tripody), simple but hard won. Took several hours over several days (And it's a pelican...).
I have a bare minimum of technical knowledge and do only the most basic PP. Pretty much have everything to learn. Also color-blind, which, not helpful.
Site's inspiring and frustrating me already...
Brett
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