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What to shoot with the 50-200

Started Apr 26, 2014 | Discussions thread
ttbek Veteran Member • Posts: 4,869
Re: What to shoot with the 50-200

DawninWA wrote:

*pssst* your doves are seagulls

Nice shots! I like the colors in the second picture.

He probably meant for the part about wannabees to apply to both the dragon and the "doves."  Just in case though:

Seagull

Mourning Dove, only kind of dove I have a shot of actually.

Both taken with the 50-200mm as well.  It works for birding when you can get quite close, but ideally we still really need something longer in the NX arsenal.  I can't really express how many shots I have to discard just because the birds are still too small (and no, there is no way for me to get closer to these chance encounters).  It really is a lens more suited to the other uses someone else gave, portrait, wedding, maybe even some outdoor sports with some good light.  Getting good light is really the main challenge for using this lens outside of birding.

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