[Planar_head]

dfkt, what are they? I'm not sure what they are, so it's hard to say they look delicious.

 

[james444]

Two more from Porto Maurizio. Love this town!

 

 

[grokit]

 

 

[vpivinylspinner]

A quick couple from tonight's neighborhood walk.
 

 

 

[mangamonster]

mispost

 

[mangamonster]

mispost..

 

[danne]

Birds are always fun!
 

 

 

 

[Head Injury]

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Birds are always fun!

I think the duck in the first photo was hitting on you.

 

[Exediron]

In the spirit of bird pictures; a run of Chicago seagulls.
 

 

 

 

[grokit]

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Birds are always fun!

 
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In the spirit of bird pictures; a run of Chicago seagulls.

What kind of lens are you guys using for birds? I like birds but usually use my binocs to just look at them as all I have is a mid-zoom. Are you guys using zoom or fixed length? I want to get a longer lens mainly for birds. I was thinking a fast fixed like a 300/f2.8 would be ideal but kind of pricey.

 

[vpivinylspinner]

A couple more birds.
 

 

 

[Exediron]

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What kind of lens are you guys using for birds? I like birds but usually use my binocs to just look at them as all I have is a mid-zoom. Are you guys using zoom or fixed length? I want to get a longer lens mainly for birds. I was thinking a fast fixed like a 300.2.8 would be ideal but kind of pricey.

18-200mm zoom lens, here. I also intend to get a fixed focus lens for this sort of work at some point, but for the seagulls the 18-200 works fine. The trick is always to get as close as possible to the target.
 
Some cropping was also done on one of the pictures. The top one is the original size, the middle one had the top and a slice of the bottom chopped off and the bottom one is actually only about a 1/8 crop of the entire picture. I used a Nikon D90, which has a stated megapixel count of I believe 12.3, so there's plenty of room to crop if the bird isn't large enough (especially when posting at these low resolutions).
 
Where you really need the zoom is for birds in flight or in treetops.
 
(Warning: Large Bird)

 

[grokit]

My backyard
 

 

 

[Planar_head]

 

[danne]

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What kind of lens are you guys using for birds? I like birds but usually use my binocs to just look at them as all I have is a mid-zoom. Are you guys using zoom or fixed length? I want to get a longer lens mainly for birds. I was thinking a fast fixed like a 300/f2.8 would be ideal but kind of pricey.

Im using the 70-200/2.8 with the d300, but the birds on these 3 pictures are the kind that very used to human presence, the first duck would probably eat out of my hand if I brought food