First test pictures with my new tele lens (some new added in #20)

[Freedom]

Was Dino TALKING to you? LOL more likely, complaining, ha haaa.

Lovely to see your photos, as always. We have not seen Emma in some time, what a lovely lady she is now!

The cats, the bird, the random shots, all are quite sharp.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I too don't think that you could ever take a bad picture. These are all great.

[Kirsten]

Thanks for taking a look at these pictures. Did some more testing with that lens by now, and I'm really beginning to like it.

To those who think I cannot take a bad picture: Believe me, I can!! There are thousands of bad pictures on my hard drive, and even more went straight to the trash bin. And there are many things I still have to learn!

Was Dino TALKING to you? LOL more likely, complaining, ha haaa.

Yes, he was talking. He wanted to be petted instead of being photographed.

Do you know what kind of birds those are in the pictures? They have such long legs.

Not sure, but judging from the legs, I would assume it's a young wagtail.

And to those who love Emma:
She's really hard to photograph lately, that's why I'm barely taking pictures of her. For some reason, it was much easier when she was a pup!

[Kirsten]

Some more test shots I made today, near a little pond in the forest. Wanted to try some different things..


Of course, photos like these dragonfly pictures should have been taken with a macro lens. However, for my 60mm 1:1 macro lens, I would have to be very close, and they would escape before I could even get my camera ready! But I was pleased to see that the tele lens did a fairly good job here:










These ducks were about 50 metres away, and I was surprised how clear they still are. My old lens couldn't have done that, especially the black and white contrasts in the male duck would have been completely messed up!






This little bird was so greedy that it caught not one, but two of these little damselflies!