To All of You

I have not been a member of Daves Garden very long.

I am touched by the warm welcome I have received on this forum. Have appreciated the answers I have received for my 'new to bird watching' status.

Please know that even though I do not have a camera, I am a constant lurker. All of your pictures have actually answered many questions for me. They are all so beautiful.

I wish love, peace and all the wonderful things life has to offer to each and every one of you.

taxicat

Taxicat, Thank you very much! We enjoy having you on the forum.

Please accept the same warm wishes for yourself from all of us.

Happy Holidays!

Pelle ^_^

Taxicat, ditto to what you said. The folks here a DG are super. In the order of things, I'm not an "old-timer" on DG. It is the one forum that I am constantly visiting. You'll probably find this forum a lot more fun, if you get a camera - I sure do. Oh, and it doesn't have to be a "high dollar" one, either.

When I first came across DG, I didn't have a camera, either, and I never "spoke", just lurked and drooled. So, I got me a little Nikon 5100 point and shoot camera and attached it to my spotting scope - and starting snapping bird pix. Well, to lure in more birds, I hung out A LOT of feeders. I read on DG about what to feed them. The birds starting coming and I was hooked.. Unfortunately, that rig was too cumbersome for me (I'm in a wheelchair a lot of the time) so next, I got me a Panasonic FZ28 (it is a great camera with 18x zoom).

I read on DG about this lens and that lens and decided that I wanted to be able to exchange lenses, so I sold the FZ28 and bought me a Canon 40D (10.1 mega pixels). Over time, I've owned a Canon 70-300 lens and Sigma 150-500 lens (both have been replaced). Now, I have a Canon 400L f5.6 prime lens and a 70--200L f2.8 IS lens. I've ordered a Canon 1.4x and a 2x Teleconverters for the 70-200 and will maybe sell the 400 prime, not sure yet. The teleconverters multiply the lens' focal length by 1.4x or 2x. With the 2x on, the 70-200 lens becomes a 140-400 and looses two f/stops so, it will be close to the 400 prime, but a lot more versatile.

Recently, I was really impressed with some pix Burd-Fotos made with his a Canon T1i (15.1 mega pixels and it does movies, too). I bought a T1i body off eBay, it is so new to me that I haven't done anything more than look at it. Got it a coupla' days ago. I can use my 40D lenses on the T1i.

Oops, didn't mean to go on so.
Hack

This message was edited Dec 23, 2010 2:49 PM

Hey Taxicat, we love having you here rather you post pics or not!

I didn't have a digital camera when I first found all the great bird pics here along with Resin & pelle. There wasn't even a Birdwatching Forum yet!

Have a wonderful & peaceful holiday!

Hey Taxicat. you don't need a camera to enjoy bird watching. Helps though to have a picture when identifying. They really are such a joy to watch, keeps me company as I work from home. As does this forum.