Sigma 18-50 does wildlife...again

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Further proof that you dont need a long zoom lens to take good wildlife pics.

Goldfinch
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Starling parent feeding youngster, had to wait 4 hours for this shot!
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Bluetit in motion
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New table is popular
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(i cheated a bit and combined 3 pics here as I only have 1 pair of bluetits)

The 100-300 will get its chance to fight back if the weather holds tomorrow as i'm planning to go to Sepreth wildlife park.

Any C&C welcome

John
 
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saddler said:
Further proof that you dont need a long zoom lens to take good wildlife pics.

hehe, yeah it kinda helps when you have 3 bird tables hanging off your window sill :D :p

Great shots though and good improvisation to setup your tables :)

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Having that setup does help yes :D

That said the vast majority of bird shots you see in publications are shot at very close range, I went to a talk by Michael Leach, http://www.michael-leach.co.uk/ a top wildlife photographer and he never shoots beyond 200mm. His argument is that these days any idiot can use a camera, the skill is getting in the right place, or creating the right situation, to get the shot.
 
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