Got a chance to shoot birds this weekend. always had trouble getting them sharp. this time, with the help of a friend's telephoto, i finally got a good bird shot i always wanted. but my kit 18-55 didn't disappoint either, landing me some pretty good gulls in flight. here are some of the fowl pictures from Christmas weekend:
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this one is a lucky shot that shows the good side of making do. while shooting on some craggy bluff on the pch, i couldn't quite address the backlight. but gulls were hovering just below me when i saw a man picking rocks by the shore. its seemed a long shot then, but the timing proved lucky. i call it "there's a puny little man":
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and here's my money shot. it may not be much to a whole bunch of you but i am a big fan of cheap thrills. to my surprise, when i zoomed max into the picture, the details were still sharp. i thought this might be what they mean by tack sharp. its the first fauna shot i got that made me completely happy. its at 250mm zoom f11. never realized i could get a nice bokeh at this f stop. shows you what i know.
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