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

[moosmom]

Kirsten,

You, my dear, have a true gift!! Have fun with your new toys! Looking forward to see more gorgeous shots.

[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!

[mrspunkysmom]

Your latest pictures are awesome. You've inspired me to get out my camera again and take up the art again. Need a telephoto for the Digital and I might purchase one anyway. The manual has a telephoto but processing film is so expensive these days.

I'm going to put up pictures of my kitties and the upstate mountain area where I live. They won't be great as I am way out of practice, but we will see. Perhaps I'll remember what I've forgotten.

[Kirsten]

Your latest pictures are awesome. You've inspired me to get out my camera again and take up the art again. Need a telephoto for the Digital and I might purchase one anyway. The manual has a telephoto but processing film is so expensive these days.

I'm going to put up pictures of my kitties and the upstate mountain area where I live. They won't be great as I am way out of practice, but we will see. Perhaps I'll remember what I've forgotten.

Everyone who can take pictures with an analog camera has my deepest respect! I think I would fail miserable if I couldn't view my pictures right after I took them, to adjust the settings, if needed...

[Karen]

Everyone who can take pictures with an analog camera has my deepest respect! I think I would fail miserable if I couldn't view my pictures right after I took them, to adjust the settings, if needed...

It's funny - children nowadays expect to be shown the picture on the camera right after it has been taken - they have no concept that it used to take days and even weeks to get film developed, and pictures printed out before anyone could see them! And I do like digital cameras so much better because as I have have mentioned, I am not the most patient photographer in the world, so I'd rather the ten pictures I take to get one good one not cost me anything!

[mrspunkysmom]

Everyone who can take pictures with an analog camera has my deepest respect! I think I would fail miserable if I couldn't view my pictures right after I took them, to adjust the settings, if needed...

Well, thank you. After I invested in the digital I was very frustrated because it had all of these automatic settings. So I had to read the book to figure out where to adjust the f-stop and ISO settings. That was so annoying.

I do enjoy looking at the pictures right away, too. That way I know if there is some glare interfering with the picture. I also like the auto-focus since my vision, while good these days, wasn't always so good, and focusing took a lot of time.

Kirsten, you have a natural talent, and I hope I'm not stepping on toes when I tell you I think you should try to publish your photos. Even if it's just on your website.

It's funny - children nowadays expect to be shown the picture on the camera right after it has been taken - they have no concept that it used to take days and even weeks to get film developed, and pictures printed out before anyone could see them! And I do like digital cameras so much better because as I have have mentioned, I am not the most patient photographer in the world, so I'd rather the ten pictures I take to get one good one not cost me anything!

Children have no concept of patience for anything these days.

I used to take 5 or ten pictures to insure I would get one good picture. It was called "burning film". Of course Tri-X-Pan was the cheapest 400 film to use. Color film was expensive when I started. Later because of popularity it became the cheapest and BW became expensive. I prefer a good BW picture. The color doesn't get in the way.

Thanks Karen.