I might post a picture of what I brought after I have posted images of the picture I have taken with it. For any one who is interested which will be few seeing as my single follower is probably not much into photography gear as I am. They are probably more about the picture!
Sorry it has taken a long time to get a post out, but I have had to get used to it.
Here is the blog where I can show off what I have taken. But before I parade my photographs in front of your eyeballs. I would like to point out that I do have a REDBUBBLE. Its like 500px but not. The web address is:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/dboulding1
Just for those interested in a possible purchase of some images, but it is where I put up the best ones.
BACK TO THE BLOG.
So my new purchases is a 300mm prime. To be exact a AF-S NIKKOR 300mm f/2.8G ED VR II (I will add a photo if asked for one). Along with a 1.7 Tele-converter.
I went on a walk with a good friend of my mother and my mother, to a reservoir near Tunbridge. I had mainly gone there to see what my new lens could give me but I got carried away taking photos. As per usual. Any way I left the two women for their walk, I then settled down right by the edge to get close and at close to eye level as I could without going swimming.
While I was waiting for the several great crested Grebe's to become accustomed with my presence. I nearly got covered in first Greylag geese, and Canada Geese. Then I was confronted by The Swan. He just swam silently round the trees and then there he was, I just couldn't resist getting a head on shot. I've always liked head on shots of birds, makes them seen evil some how.
Having been out on the common on several sunny days with only my 300mm and not my macro, (although I will be returning to macro soon), I saw this guy and couldn't miss the chance with the grass pointing on way and the ladybug looking the other way.
Again another shot which would be a better macro, but when you don't bring a macro lens with you. You can only use the lens you have on your camera. But I think it works its a nice side of a spider, its the other side of photographs I like. Not always shooting the front, sometime you have to shoot what is there. Even if it is a bottom.
I took my grandad out the other day, only for an afternoon. But we had a very poor start, not may birds around it was blisteringly hot and not a cloud in the sky. It was a long afternoon. After taking the long way round to begin, we then went onto the hides. Again very poor sightings of anything this was only because the management had changed the pool set up. Separating a very well used island where med gulls and black headed gulls would have been, along with an often used tern island. Then the second hide, there the terns had made their nests. Some still with chicks. Any way, the terns were just hovering before landing.
This is a new set up on my blogs now, keeping the best for last.
This was one of the grebes who took to me sitting on the shore. And although I though of doing a nice flat landscape shot. I went for a portrait which I think gives the Grebe character, and also he is looking through the photo it give a direction to the image.
Now in a blog before I mentioned that I had taken what I considered my first pro shot. I was wrong. I believe this is my first one. The eagle eyed followers and readers will notice that it is in fact the same fox as above. I managed to get up on him. Rather than keeping eye level I though that he might be less inclined to disappear if I was higher. I was right he was clearly happy with me being out side and around that he kept his distance but was never disturbed by me. I think I might have captured his curiosity rather than the usual interpenetration of a sulking scavenger.
