Super-Telephoto
photography
One of Lorna's favorite things to do in the summer is to paddle out to One Tree Island to pick raspberries. Tycho and I usually get tired of berry picking pretty quickly so we walk around the island a few times. Last summer while we were waiting I tried taking pictures of the gulls that were flying around and had a lot of fun. I was able to get one picture that I was pretty happy with. But overall my 70-200mm didn't have enough reach.
Over the next several months I waffled between getting the Tamron 100-500mm lens, the Fuji 150-600mm, and not being worthy of such a fancy piece of kit. Then, on a whim (i.e. when you've been considering buying something for months and you notice that it happens to be deeply discounted), I ordered the Fuji.
Last Sunday morning I rode my bike the short distance to Graveyard Beach for the lenses first adventure.
Before I had a chance to take off my bright yellow cycling jacket the pair of geese that was hanging out on the beach spotted me and flew away. After I was dressed in less conspicuous colors I got my camera set up and walked towards the water to see if I could find some birds to take pictures off. It turned out that there was a group of Harlequin Ducks swimming just behind some rocks where I couldn't see them, but they could hear me. Fortunately my camera was ready and I was able to snap a few photos as they flew away.
