I am like you, you'll never see my birthday on any social media sites. I hate people making a fuss about it. However, I expect the hubs to take me out on a short road trip on my birthday. I always like to spend time with him.
Option one
The gift to myself is a birding lens, I have been dreaming about one for years now. A Tamron sp 150 - 600 is what I have in mind. A cannon or any other good lens is also fine, but I just cannot afford it right now. Too many family commitments at the moment.
Second option
I have a friend here @darrenfj to whom I'd like to gift a fridge so he can eat fresh fruits and vegetables everyday to follow his fitness regime. He really needs to eat better.
Option three
This has been my dream forever a Tamron lens for birding. 150-600mm and good birding lens would do.. hope it will come to me some day soon.
Lenses are so expensive especially when one starts thinking about 600mm of zoom. I've always been a Canon person and had a few but I'm not much of a photographer so went for an easier option in the Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III. I have the macro lens, a 25mm, 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
/80-300mm (35mm equivalent) and 14-42mm...It's all a scrubber like me needs. More than I need to be honest.
So, you take bird photos? I've seen a few doing that in an area I hike a lot and they have some pretty legit looking lenses. They take it pretty seriously so I never stop to ask what's up. Lol. I think you've chosen a good self-gift and I like your fridge-gift also...Keeps the veggies fresh and the drinks cold!
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Yup, I am a birder, I can wait and watch them all day long. I am a cannon person too. Tamron is not bad for its price and suits my cannon camera and budget well lol. Ah if wishes had wings...
And the fridge yeah he needs one real bad.
It's interesting here on hive...One comes across so many people from all over the world and it always amazes me that things I take for granted are sometimes things others desperately need but don't have. Like a fridge. I feel fortunate to have been born and raised in Australia.
Yip, that is right we meet meet all kinds of people and this opens our eyes to a wide, new world so different world from ours.
Canon will surely provide you with lenses to make you a better Birder 😄❤️
I looked at this lens recently. For about 11 seconds. I'd really like it, but I really don't need it. Most of my birding is watching only.
Damn. A refrigerator? Yeah, that's a good gift. Bless your heart...
Yip a refrigerator, that is why I don't want to spend on the lens.. this is a real need. I'd rather cater to such needs than spend on a lens.Hmm I know what you mean @bigtom13, I don't need it either, but would love to have it. Because it isn't a need I have directed my resources that way. I know I'll get this or something even better someday soon.