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• mississippi mac Posts: 4,222 Captain

  January 2012 #2

  good lord man.....
  you'd need an eighteen wheeler to lug that stuff around....lol....
  
  i have a bad back and hauling my 40D with a ef 400mm f4 is no pic-nic...
  
  tim

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• WaterEngineer Posts: 24,412 AG

  January 2012 #3

  When you want to shoot in the (need) dark you need 2.8.

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• mississippi mac Posts: 4,222 Captain

  January 2012 #4

  WaterEngineer wrote: »

  When you want to shoot in the (need) dark you need 2.8.

  
  are you shooting nesting birds at sun rise or sun set???? or maybe in dark shadows????
  
  or....never mind....my mind just dropped off in the gutter,,,lol....
  
  tim

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• WaterEngineer Posts: 24,412 AG

  January 2012 #5

  1. Nesting pairs of Osprey, Eagles and Herons at the ends of the day.
  
  2. Painted Buntings and Red Headed Woodpeckers that like to hide in the palmettos (dark) and just under the canopy of Oaks and Cabbage Palms.
  
  The buntings and Red Heads are particularly shy - staying away is good. And I can't get close (enough) to the Eagles nest.
  
  For the Buntings and Red Heads (this one is an immature) this is the best I can do with my 300 f4. As you can see I have to manipulate the files too much and crop in too closely - I need more magnification and and a brighter lens for a long weekend.
  
  I will probably need to hire a Sherpa too - LOL!
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• mississippi mac Posts: 4,222 Captain

  January 2012 #6

  Craig,
  you've got some pretty good images with what you have...
  of course i'm looking at them on a 22" wide screen...
  
  my bride and i were out on horn island new years eve (12-31-11, it's a tradition to be on an island)....
  the park ranger that lives out there came by (fog was thick, maybe 100yds) to check on the island...
  she told us that there was a pair of eagles nesting at the island crossing near the ranger station and the area was closed to the public...
  
  however, she and her companion ranger (no relationships) which we know would allow us access to do photography (nice to know people)....
  so tomorrow, if the wind and seas have layed down, we will see what we can see...
  
  tim

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• WaterEngineer Posts: 24,412 AG

  January 2012 #7

  great for you, good luck.

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• Germ Posts: 1,704 Captain

  January 2012 #8

  www.rentglass.com ive used from them before. good prices

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• WaterEngineer Posts: 24,412 AG

  January 2012 #9

  germ:
  
  Thanks. I agree good prices but they aren't in FL and they don't have the long stuff.
  
  I can't find an FL source for the long glass so I guess I'll do biz with these folks.
  
  http://www.lensrentals.com/rent/nikon/lenses/supertelephoto

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