Well I took the new camera to the park, on different settings, to see what happened. It feels like the start of a long period of learning and experimenting, I hope I get a decent handle on it before going to Costa Rica! Oh well, the pictures will almost certainly be better with this camera, so there's really no down side. Overall I had the same problems with autofocus as with the superzoom - it doesn't like to focus on the bird. Also the depth of field is much smaller, which I love if the camera manages to focus on the bird....... Sometimes of course it's not the AF at all, it's my hand movement. I suspect there is plenty of room for improvement on several fronts. :-)
Anyway I mostly took pictures of common birds, and I am quite happy with the results. I happily spent a while with a juvie red-tailed hawk learning to hunt, mostly lunging around clumsily and wishing the squirrels and birds would just stay still! Hahahaha, it was pretty funny to watch, and it's fun for a hawk to buzz me.
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| Red-Tailed Hawk, Juvenile |
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| Red-Tailed Hawk, Juvenile |
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| Red-Tailed Hawk, Juvenile |
As I was on my was out, I was surprised to notice this great blue heron at the upper lobe. Is it heron week? I ~love~ heron week!
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| Great Blue Heron |
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| Great Blue Heron |
And here are the pictures of others that I liked. I have lots to learn, but I'm quite happy so far!
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| Squirrels |
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| White-throated Sparrow |
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| American Goldfinch |
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| Hairy Woodpecker |
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| Northern Cardinal, Male |
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| Northern Cardinal, Female |
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| Black-capped Chickadee |
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| Blue Jay |
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| Blue Jay |
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| American Goldfinch |
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