Today's image is a Goldfinch I found on my back patio. Because they fidget and fly around so much these little guys are difficult to capture. I used my Nikon 70-300mm to get this shot. I know, people have mixed feelings about this lens. Mixed feelings and mixed reviews. It is an inexpensive piece of Nikon glass, to be sure. But I have found mine to be quite good. I always get sharp images, even at 300mm. Dang if I'm gonna spend thousands of dollars on a 300mm lens when I can get shots like this. The AF doesn't work very fast, of course. In fact, this shot was manually focused (and that very quickly).
Friday, May 16, 2008
Goldfinch
Today's image is a Goldfinch I found on my back patio. Because they fidget and fly around so much these little guys are difficult to capture. I used my Nikon 70-300mm to get this shot. I know, people have mixed feelings about this lens. Mixed feelings and mixed reviews. It is an inexpensive piece of Nikon glass, to be sure. But I have found mine to be quite good. I always get sharp images, even at 300mm. Dang if I'm gonna spend thousands of dollars on a 300mm lens when I can get shots like this. The AF doesn't work very fast, of course. In fact, this shot was manually focused (and that very quickly).
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I like Goldfinches.
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