I spent $50 to find out that the Black Series Archive C-3PO and the “Profit Director” Destro are the same color, but maybe not the same scale. If you think about it as Threepio wearing Destro’s mask over his robot head, it kinda works. No buyer’s remorse here. #Desdroid 🤦♂️ #D-S3O 👍
I got a refurb canon rebel t7 as a wedding gift last year and have several good lenses (Tamron something for landscape, and a canon 55-250 mm for zooms) both of which are second hand from camera shops, but I was wondering what exactly do you recommend for a birding setup? Preferably dedicated amateur-friendly, and not national geographic level! Also I'm limited to the t7 for at least a while. The 55-250 is blurry at max zoom but I can get decent pictures with good lighting and a stationary subject and I wonder if better lens will help. Thank you!
Hi! I'm gonna be honest, 85% of my wildlife photos on this blog were taken with my Canon Rebel T6i and a Canon 55-250mm. It is not a professional level lens but it is extremely versatile and was my go-to for years and years. I would highly recommend it as a budget lens for pretty much everything!
I would personally stay away from the Canon 75-300mm. It's a decent lens but you get a lot of distortion and I found the image stabilizer lacking. I used my 55-250mm much more than my 75-300mm.
My current set up is a refurbished Canon 7D, which I really like so far, and a Sigma 150-600mm. You can definitely get better lenses (and better cameras) but for where I'm at in terms of skill, usage, and budget, it's pretty much perfect. I'm really excited to get out more this year now that I have a really solid set up!
I honestly didn’t expect to take any photos of the full moon. The sky was shrouded in dark clouds the night before so I missed it. Thankfully and luckily I happened to see this beautiful sight early in the morning. My camera isn’t powerful and I honestly doubt my own photography skills quite a bit but I know I’ll cherish these pictures every time I look back through folders on my laptop. The darker photos are a little over edited but I love a moody vibe.
Filmed / Photos Taken On: Canon 1500D [55-250mm lens]
A Great Hornbill trying out its repaired casque in the former Jurong Bird Park. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.
This Great Hornbill had apparently lost part of its casque to disease and was retrofitted with a replica by the bird park.
The original image had distracting wire mesh and dense foliage in the background. That was because I couldn’t isolate the hornbill well enough as it was a good way inside the cage. So in post, the busy background was replaced with this grey one.
Those zoo photos you posted are wonderful! Just out of interest, what kind of lens do you use?
Thanks! I have a Canon EOS 20D, and I use the 55-250mm telephoto lens most often---I do have shorter lens, but it's really only good for landscapes or low light.
Hey! What do you use to shoot your pictures? I always love the quality of them. I'm also very into taking some pointers on taking snake pics. I've got some runners.
I have a Canon Rebel T5i. I bought a used body for cheap, and then I got a macro and a zoom lens (55-250mm) for it. My standard lens actually broke about a year or two ago and I... just haven't replaced it yet, so I'm shooting everything with the zoom. It works out OK.
Runners are always hard, there's a few I photograph only once in a blue moon because of it. You can put a hide down over them, let them chill, then take it off and try quickly photographing. Half the time I just let things grow up and mellow out. For the adults that zoom I end up taking 20-100 photos and then pick out whatever works best, sort of a 'you get what you get' situation.