from my backyard today.............

I have not gotten out with my camera in a few days so I took it out in the backyard this afternoon and look what flew over, fairly low too. Taken with a Nikon D90 and an older Sigma 400mm f/5.6 APO lens.

I bought one more lens yesterday off eBay. This may do it for a while. My Nikon 500mm f/4 P lens is a bit much to be wandering through the woods with so I did some research and found out the older Vivitar 120-600mm f/5.6 MF lenses are getting good reviews. I found a bargain on eBay and I pounced on it. Got it cheap, too. I will write a review on it when it arrives from Illinois.

Chris in Texas

Good shot, Chris. Was it hand held? (The lens, not the bird)

Yes, hand held. I was standing there looking for any bird to land in a tree when he flew over. I think he was checking to see if I was still kicking! :-)

Chris

Ha ha and well done.

Great shot and perfect timing!

NIce!!

Nice shot. That new lens sounds really good. I'm looking forward to seeing if you like it.

the Vivitar 120-600mm lens got here. It is in excellent condition! BUT........it has a Pentax K mount, not the Nikon mount like they advertised! I am very disappointed to say the least. :-(

Chris

This message was edited Jan 23, 2009 7:04 PM

Be sure and get your cost, plus shipping, returned asap. We've only had a couple smaller things that had to be returned, but these people don't want bad feedback on EBAY.

Great shot!! there is a red shouldered hawk that I want to get a shot of but they are elusive!
I am a die hard 35mm user & have a Minolta XGM that I LOVE. I have found a camera place that repairs older cameras as mine needed a little repair that no one would touch. So now that it is fixed I am like a kid in a candy shop! hahaha