An acquaintance guided myself and a few others for a couple of outings last weekend. It was nice to go with a small group for some shooting time, and a chance to try and tame the beast! (see previous post).
Last Saturday we went to Howland Falls near Bear Island. A nice falls just off the road, about 45 km west of Fredericton. I can see myself going back on a cloudy day for some long shutter shots!
On Sunday we headed out in the other direction to look for Osprey! About 60km east gets you to the Gagetown Ferry Road in Jemseg, where a number of platforms have been erected to keep the Osprey from building nests on the real power poles. I will be going back soon when the chicks have hatched – apparently you can catch much more fishing action!
The new lens performed well, and for my first time with the lens, and shooting birds – I was happy with the results. I was mainly shooting at 640 ISO, and an aperture of f/5.6 or f/8, and a shutter speed around 1/800th sec. I also had my Tamron 1.4x teleconverter attached to give me an equivalent view on my Canon 50D of a 157-
My main lenses now are the Tokina 12-24mm f/4, Tamron 17-50 f/2.8, and Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS. I now realize that I have no large diameter ND filters…..oh well back to E -Bay!
