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Show Your Snaps...June 13, 2022

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mocha123 Senior Member • Posts: 2,497
Re: Llandrindod Wells, Wales.

Hi Digirame, Thank you.

It's been about 15 years since I last visited Wales so I enjoyed the time there and knowing it's the place to be to see the Red Kites was even more incentive to visit, I was lucky the first day to have great lighting and the Kites were flying over the campsite I was staying at. The second day I got more shots but the lighting was less favourable.

I find the Tamron 150-600mm easier to focus on flying birds if I first focus on nearby trees then pick up the birds outline, it focuses easier then and locks on well to the subject, it's not the easiest lens to get on with but it gets me photos I couldn't otherwise dream of.

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Canon EOS 70D Canon EOS 7D Mark II Canon EF 100mm f/2.0 USM Tamron SP 70-300mm F4-5.6 Di VC USD Sigma 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM +3 more
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