Capturing Wildlife with a 60D

inevitablyissie wrote:

Hello all, hope you're having a good day!

As a Wildlife Photographer I made my first Canon lens purchase the new 55-250 STM which is an incredible lens. I've recently been comparing it to a 70-200 f2.8 on my 60D and have found them to have very similar IQ so as much as I would love a 70-200L lens, I don't think it'll be necessary with my current kit. I also now have a 50mm STM (for filmmaking) and 10-18, both lenses that cover very creative focal lengths.

Last year I took the 55-250 to a Nature Reserve and spent a lot of time in hides photographing birds, squirrels and deer.

My query is that after some time I felt I wasn't able to easily isolate my subjects and would imagine this may be because of the aperture on the lens. I also felt I needed just that bit extra reach to get close enough to the action and unfortunately an extender is not an option for the 55-250.

I would love to know what you think, should I consider upgrading to a lens with further reach and better aperture? Or keep practising with what I have?

CameraCompanion

Well, either a larger aperture or a longer focal length will provide more subject isolation.  Do you find that you are cropping often?  If you are, then go for a longer focal length, if not, go for larger aperture.  For wildlife, I would expect you will likely want more reach, like a 100-400 or something.