I've never seen the babies before......the first photo is very clear - you used a telephoto lens?
I like the baby shots too - they have a nice glow to them. Their nests are so tiny, I thot it was a pine cone at first.
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Thanks a lot, @countrygirl. I used a Tamron 150-600mm at 600mm. The EXIF data is listed right below the photo. The D7100 is now my wife's camera and she had a 55-300 zoom attached. We were both taking turns trying to shoot through the branches and that's where the final two photos came from. Then I went inside and got the big lens and took another bunch of shots in order to get the one good one, which is entered in the contest. I wish the shots with the mother had been clear, but there's always next time!
That is a very big lens then. I wasn't entirely sure what 600mm meant so I guessed it was a telephoto one. My big lens is like your wife's but only to 200mm. I'm still trying to get used to photography language - learning every day on here, that's for sure.
I hope you get some more of the mother feeding the babies too....very sweet and something most of us don't get to see.
Yes, it's a big heavy lens but I love it! When I first got the lens I used it so much I tore something in my shoulder and it took me months and months to get better! Now I know to only use it for a half hour at a time. 600mm on a crop sensor camera like the D7100 gives a focal length equivalent to 900mm on a full frame... and then I cropped a little, so this is as close as I will ever get to a hummingbird I would think.
It's getting harder to spot the nest with each passing day as the cherry blossoms are reaching their peak now, and the tree is filling in, leaving no more 'keyholes' to shoot through.
I can see from the photo you shared with me that your lens might cause some shoulder pain to say the least!! Shoulder injuries are the worst and take forever to heal, if they do. #askmehowIknow
Have you ever used one of the smaller tripods? Gorilla? I was looking at one to take in the car...my collapsible tripod is fine too but these are way more convenient. Wouldn't that help take the load off??
Makes me wonder what these film crews go through with their heavy video equipment.
I have a Gorilla pod but it would never hold this weight. I bought this lens for birds, and in order to catch them in flight, I find I have to shoot handheld. I could never spot a flying bird while fiddling with a tripod, and when I've tried a monopod, I wind up lifting the camera and monopod together making the load even heavier.
lol....I can picture me trying to coordinate myself with all that equipment. We have a beautiful estuary nearby.....I have put off long enough not visiting.
But, I won't have your heavy lens....I couldn't. My shoulder is totally ruined from work. So, the best I can do is my long lens and hopefully a tree to lean against to keep me from being so shaky. I don't like to carry my tripod around. Anyhow, have a good evening. Time for me to shut down for the night :)
This is what it looks like @countrygirl
Thats is ONE huge lens!!!