Daniel

A fall - DEER 

Nikon D800E  Nikkor 80-400mm VR2

400mm  f/9  1/3200  ISO 1600

DUCK!!

Mallard Duck

NIkon D800E and Nikon 80-400mm

260mm  f/9   ISO160  1/250s

You can also check the battery using the menus in your camera so it could tell you if a battery was getting beyond hope...

Never thought of that will check it out. 

MOON SHOT with Nikon D800E and Tamron 150-600mm

600mm  f/6.3  1/1000sec  ISO 250

Feel free to ask me any questions. 

amazing shots Daniel, congrats.

It should be very decent lens for that price.

Did you use sigma 100-300/4?

Could you compare this with sigma in terms of IQ?

Hi Akanarya, sorry I haven't replied sooner. I haven't tried the Sigma 100-300/4 but have the Sigma 150-500. I would say with my Sigma 150-500 that there was some apparent chromatic aberration and vignetting as well there was some softness in image quality at the max focal range.  What I should do is put a head to head comparison under the same conditions with my Sigma 150-500, Tamron 150-600, and Nikon VR2 80-400 and post it. 

Another shot with the Tamron 150-600

With:  Nikon D7100  with  Tamron VR 150-600

300MM   f/9  1/320s  ISO 640

So this time I used the Nikon D7100 again with the Tamron Lens. Next I will try the Nikon D3200 with the Tamron. 

This squirrel along with his buddy likes to raid our garbage bin. Today he ran up this tree after he jumped out of it when I took out the garbage this afternoon. 

Nikon D7100  with  Tamron VR 150-600

300MM   f/9  1/320s  ISO 640

Rob for me I was disappointed with the Sigma 150-500. It was not what I expected and found others have had the same issues but, some people are happy with it. You can see my thread on the Tamron 150-600 if interested at: http://www.nikonforu...-not-disapoint/

Maybe for me I was disappointed because it was a little soft at the max focal point compared to what I am use to. Check both of my reviews on the Sigma and Tamron. 

Today Ducks!!  Nikon D7100 & Tamron 150-600 

I thought I would post a different kind of challenge then whats being posted and narrow it down to wildlife. In my experiences there is not as many people into wildlife photography as in other areas (i.e) Landscape and Portrait. I would like to get a feel of who's into wildlife photography in this group and hopefully I will continue this challenge each week if theres interest. 

Please post the settings used as well as equipment (i.e.) Camera and lens. With photo posted. 

Feeling free to ask any questions on the equipment used or for tips on capturing wildlife, and for some feed back on your work if desired. 

This weeks challenge starts today and ends October 2nd at midnight. 

I call these photo's of a little bird "Little Buddy" because of how friendly and fearless he was. I am a Noob to wildlife photography so I can't identify the names of most wildlife shots I take so if anyones knows the name and type of bird this is, let me know.

I pulled up to a slough in the back woods and when I parked my Jeep he flew close to where I was parked and proceeded to peck around looking for bugs. 

Camera:   NikonD800E   

Lens:        Nikon VR 80-400

Exif:          400mm  f/9   1/3200  ISO 2500

Camera was handheld and photo slightly cropped. 

Another shot from this last week, of Castle Mountain in Alberta, Canada. I used a tripod and stitched 4 photo's together with photoshop. After all was said and done I was left with a 322 MB Tiff file and after I reduced the image size to accommodate online posting what remained was a 4.1 jpeg file. I used a tripod for this shot. 

My focal point was the mountains so the fore ground is not as sharp. 

Camera used:   Nikon D7100

Lens used:        Stalk or kit lens,  Nikon 18-105mm 

30mm   f/14   1/600   ISO320

Another Hawk shot with the lens. This time the sky is over cast and a little gloomy. Not my favourite time to shoot but with hawks I will take what ever I can get. 

Settings:  600mm   f/9   1/3200   ISO 2500 and hand held with no tripod. 

The first pic is of a female Big Horn Mountain Sheep that I took this week, the second is a male Big Horned Mountain Sheep I took last spring. I took this shot of a Female Mountain Sheep this last week and here all year I was thinking it was a goat, and so I was thinking I wanted a goat head shot. I made the mistake in idenity because I have never seen them in the same herd as the male Big Horned Mountain Sheep and so never tied them together as both being sheep in my mind. And so I wanted a head shot of this animal all year and after I finally got one this week, I read a sign later that day or evening on the side of the highway stating that these were female mountain sheep and realized that it wasn't a goat and that later in the fall they and the young ones would be reunited again with the male Big Horn Sheep which is shown in the second pic. The second picture is of a male Big Horn Mountain sheep I took this last spring. I posted it so you can understand that the male horns are considerably larger and also there body size is larger, so its easy to make the mistake in identity and after reading the sign I felt like a NOOB. I have only been into wildlife photography for a year now and it shows, I'm still learning about the different names and types of wildlife.

The settings for the first pic: f/9   120mm   1/3200   ISO 1000 

The settings for the second pic: f/9   310mm  1/3200   ISO 1250 

Camera used: Nikon D800E 

Lens: Nikon 80-400mm 

Both shots are hand held and no tripod used and all VR settings turned off.