Nikon D3300 and Tamron 150-600 Part 2

Tuesday 22 March 2016

Nikon D3300 and Tamron 150-600 Part 2

Went to Fort Whyte today in hopes of getting some birds in flight closer than 100 yards. Sadly that didn't happen.
Below are some more sample photos which should give an idea of the lenses capabilities.
Today I used a Stedi Stock for shooting. It is basically a plastic rifle stock onto which you can mount your camera by means of one of 3 holes through which the mounting screw passes to attach your camera to the stock. It is not to bad, it gives more stability than shooting free hand but not as much as a tripod. The biggest fault with it is that it does not have the little metal nub you find on tripods that fits into one of the slots on the bottom of your camera. Thus the camera eventually starts to swing to and fro. If not enough attention is paid the camera and lens could completely detach themselves from the Stedi Stock and fall to the ground. Today I placed a tie wrap around the tripod mount and the Stedi Stock to further secure the camera and lens to the Stedi Stock. It did help but the camera and lens still moved a bit, but there was virtually no chance of it coming detached.

Canada Geese 100 yards 300mm
The first 3 photos are not cropped or edited

Canada Geese 100 yards 500mm

Canada Geese 100 yards 600mm

Canada Geese over 100 yards

Mallards at over 100 yards
I could tell these were ducks but couldn't identify them as Mallards looking through the view finder. They were flying toward the sun in this photo so it is over exposed.

Mallards at 100 yards
Original size with sides cropped to make file size smaller

Mallards at 100 yards
Cropped
I thought the focus locked on this group but now I'm not certain.

Seagull at over 100 yards
Gull was impossible to get a focus lock on as it was so tiny in the viewfinder

Seagull & Geese at over 100 yards
Once again it was impossible to get a focus lock due to distance and size of Gull

The following are some of my better photos for the day