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Hi DC and welcome... I also have a Sigma 150-600 S (one of the first made) and it works so well I usually cannot distinguish images made with it and my Nikon 500 and 600mm lenses. I am a bit ...

Excellent images and a very pretty bird. I really like the presentation in the first image. Dave

AP,  these are excellent. I like #1 for it's stretched out, ready to pounce pose. And #3 for displaying the prize. Dave

Thank you OG! Dave

Well, your posted landscape images are fantastic with that lens! Looking forward to see more. The other day on a financial channel they said many NY companies are moving to SLC for tax relief. Too ...

I have never seen one fly directly overhead, nice shot! Yes, I would have lightened the wing shadows a bit in post. Dave

Excellent set, Don. I have never seen a Red Crossbill. Thanks for posting it! Dave

When I opened this one up, I thought crop or how did he get this close to a Kestrel? The ones around here a timid. But then I read the capture. Nice image and good use of the older lens. Dave

Excellent images, Evan! Wow, you seem to find those Pikas, Pine Martens and other weasels quite often on your ventures. That lake image is superb. I see you shot some at 10mm. Is that a new new DX ...

Hi Morris, the other body is a D850. I noticed when shooting the hummingbird at the feeder the D850 seemed to find the hummingbird nearly 90% instead of the feeder. However, the D500 was bouncing ...

Thanks Evan, your D7500 is a great camera body, you must love it now that you have it! Dave

Thanks, warm but getting less smokey! I need to try some BIF with the Auto AF mode where there may not be so many distractions. Great idea. I also recalibrated the 600mm, and the 600mm with 1.4x at ...

Thanks you Phil. -Dave

On one of my recent posts, Morris replied that a friend of his was using A AF mode and getting some good results. This was directed mainly at BIF. But yesterday and today I decided to experiment ...

Wow, those are super! Nice presentation on all of them. I cannot pick out a favorite as all are fantastic images. Dave

I'm not disagreeing. ROT is fine, but If an image has impact it can stand on it's own. As those before said, they are guidelines and can be broken. I would not regard a great image as a failure if ...

I think some can get hung up on the thirds rule or guidelines. I can see where it can make or break an image.  But then, if the image has enough impact to stand on it's own, why descredit it for ...

Nice images, Morris. I was fishing in a lake a few years ago and when a Bald Eagle flew over a female mallard that was swimming nearby rapidly swam for my boat and jumped in. After the danger ...

I really like your Gold Finch, Dick. Dave

I can see why it is one of your favorites.  Excellent shot! Dave