White Faced Heron ...

[Isac]

... made itself at home in a newly made lake next door to our local Aldi store in the park which is usually a beautiful grass playground.

#1 - at 18mm

#2 - at 400mm

#3 - cropped from the 400mm shot.

[HansE]

You did the same thing I did in my last bird shot cut off its head in the reflection. Nearly perfect. The lights are with you!

[Ozzie_Traveller]

G'day mate

Another 10/10 display of your excellent optics (both your and the camera's !! )

Phil

[Isac]

You did the same thing I did in my last bird shot cut off its head in the reflection. Nearly perfect. The lights are with you!

Cheers Hans. I guess we have all chopped of bits we should have included. I used centre point focus and didn't re-frame the shot. I'm a naughty boy

G'day mate. Another 10/10 display of your excellent optics (both your and the camera's !! ), Phil

Thanks Phil. Sometimes the smallest thing catches my eye. The Tammy can get as close as 100mm when zoomed out to 400mm (one of the things I love about it) and it still gets good focus.

[HansE]

I will try not to do it again next time

[Isac]

I took one today of a grey teal standing on a small half submerged branch with a good reflection and was very aware of not chopping it off !!

[David_MC]

Super zoom lenses can be extremely convenient. Nice shot.

[Isac]

Thanks David. The 18-400 is a permanent fixture on the camera, I vary rarely take it off. It covers a huge range. I have a few lenses that cover more range on both ends and they only get a workout when I'm experimenting. 150-500 Sigma, Canon 10-18 for super wide and Tamron 17-50 f:2.8 which is my sharpest lens.