Coffee Mate

We set this feeder up to capture squirrles when we are enjoying our porch. It sits approximately 12 feet from our chairs. While savoring my mug of coffee this morning I decided to try out our new Tamaron 28-75 2.8 that came yesterday. Obligatory duck shot will be taken later this weekend.

This Blue Jay came in for some breakfast. Manual focus; 100% crop; some exposure adjustment and sharpening PP. Exif: 3.5f; 1/800; 200ISO; 65mm

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So while squirrels and chipmunks are stealing peanuts and birdseed from the feeders at my place, the opposite is happenning at your house . Nice grab shot considering the lighting circumstances.

Ooh, a new toy! Funny shot, it captures the personality very well.

Nice shot. Congratulations on the new lens. Well done.

I have fun photographing Bluejays too. Looks like you're all set up there with them only 12 feet away. Wish I could do that in the woods....you know, sip on a nice coffee while waiting for them to do something

Have you thought about getting a teleconverter for your lens? Something like a Tamron (about $100 USD and quite good quality) would give you more reach for bird photography.

Good to see another Blue jay. Congrats on your new lens.
Good shot.

We got a 2x when we bought the 70-200 Sigma which is the lens I would normally use out here. But I had to play with the new toy today.

It got put through the paces from Macro tubes to shooting our nieces' birthday party this evening. We wanted a better walk about lens that would also serve us well for our theatre shoots, something a little more versitle than the 50mm prime I have been using. Hopefully, I won't have to go clear to the nose bleed section when I need to get a full stage shot now.

Thanks Gary. Actually I screwed up, the lighting wasn't so bad. Here is the story, I forgot my WB was set to tungsten, which I use in the Theatre. Didn't notice it until I posted the picture and saw how blue it looked. So I went back and fixed the WB, but; didn't change the exposure compensation I did in PP. This is what happens when there are a million and one things to get done in a single day, but you really want to post a picture.