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Lens choice
Hi, I'm relatively new to bird photography and would like to upgrade from a borrowed Coolpix P900 to something better. I mainly shoot at dawn near lakes if it matters and don't have a tripod. After all the suffering my choice of a body stopped at a D3200 that I have found for 60$ with an...- hlthere
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- nikon sigma tamron
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- Forum: Sigma & Other Third Party Lenses
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Small Sunbird (Leptocoma minima)
The crimson-backed sunbird or small sunbird is a sunbird endemic to the Western Ghats of India. Like other sunbirds, they feed mainly on nectar although they take insects, especially to feed their young. They are tiny birds that are resident and are found in forests but are particularly...- shanxix
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- crimson backed sunbird kcre leptocoma minima nikon sigma small sunbird western ghats western ghats birds
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- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Draco dussumieri - Indian flying lizard - A combo picture of a Draco gliding out from one tree to another.....
Indian flying lizard, is a species of agamid lizard capable of gliding from tree to tree. It is found principally in the Western Ghats and some other hill forests of Southern India. They are almost completely arboreal, found on trees in forests and adjoining palm plantations where they climb...- shanxix
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- draco draco dussumieri kcre nikond500 sigma western ghats south india
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- Category: Reptiles
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Elephant scape (Elephas maximus)
The Asian elephant, also known as the Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east. This herd of Elephants...- shanxix
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- asian elephant india asiatic elephant assam d500 elephas maximus kaziranga national park nikon sigma
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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Capped Langur (Trachypithecus pileatus)
The capped langur (Trachypithecus pileatus) is a species of primate in the family Cercopithecidae. It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and Myanmar. They are arboreal and gregarious by nature. A herd of capped langur consists of 2 to 14 langurs led by a brawny male langur. They are...- shanxix
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- assam d500 gibbon sanctuary hollongapar nikon sigma trachypithecus pileatus
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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Young wild urban badger.
One of the youngsters of a group of five badgers being curious and assessing if it is safe to feed.- EncroVision
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- animal beautiful beauty britain close curious dusk england evening looking nature nikon safe sigma uk up urban wild wildlife young
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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The Red Fox.
A highly adaptable species, found across Britain, but absent from Scottish Islands (except Skye), in all habitats from salt marshes and sand dunes to the tops of mountains. In Britain, more so than elsewhere in Europe, foxes have also adapted to life in urban surroundings...- EncroVision
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- animals beautiful britain brown encrovision england fox mamal mother nature nikon red sigma uk urban wild wildlife
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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A Mother Red Fox.
A mother red fox sits curiously observing, while being photographed.- EncroVision
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- animals beautiful britain brown encrovision england fox mamal mother nature nikon red sigma uk urban wild wildlife
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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Buzzard on the wing.
The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia. Over much of its range, it is resident year-round, but birds from the colder parts of the northern hemisphere typically migrate south (some well into the southern...- EncroVision
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- animal asia bird blue brown buzzard clouds common europe nature nikon portrait predator sigma strong uk wild wildlife
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Juvenile Robin.
The UK's favourite bird - with its bright red breast it is familar throughout the year and especially at Christmas! Males and females look identical, and young birds have no red breast and are spotted with golden brown. Robins sing nearly all year round and despite their cute appearance, they...- EncroVision
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- beautiful beauty bird bokeh branch brown closeup encrovision england green juvenile nikon robin sigma spotled uk
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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A Proud Robin.
A very proud european robin posing just before feeding.- EncroVision
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- 500px beautiful beauty bird bokeh branch close closeup crouching england european nature nikon outdoors red ro sigma uk up wildlife
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Northern Parula
- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 650d canon northern parula sigma t4i
- Comments: 4
- Category: North America
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Nashville Warbler
- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 650d canon nashville sigma t4i warbler
- Comments: 2
- Category: North America
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Black-Capped Chickadee
- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/5 black-capped canon chickadee sigma t4i
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- Category: North America
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Sanderling
A shot of a bird that never sits still...- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 canon sanderling sigma t4i
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- Category: North America
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Sanderlings
This cute group of Sanderlings was very curious and came within about two feet of me. It was especially entertaining to watch them follow the receding waves, then jump back as the waves came back in. I really like how the focus singled out the center bird.- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 canon sanderling sigma t4i
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- Category: North America
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Red-Eyed Vireo
- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 canon red-eyed sigma t4i vireo
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- Category: North America
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Mexican Jay Portrait
I am really amazed at the feather detail my Sigma 100-300 f/4 can produce, especially at short distances (this bird was ~3m away). No sharpening at all has been done to this photo!- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 aphelocoma wollweberi canon jay mexican sigma t4i
- Comments: 1
- Category: North America
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Female Mallard
- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 canon female mallard sigma t4i
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- Category: North America
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Bath Time!
- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 canon mallard sigma t4i
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- Category: North America
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Crissal Thrasher II
Another shot of the same bird- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 canon crissal sigma t4i thrasher
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- Category: North America
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Brown-Crested Flycatcher
Sorry for being so late in updating my gallery...anybody else such a procrastinator? These are some from a trip to American southwest (AZ, NM, up to CO) over the summer. More to come...- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 brown-crested canon flycatcher myiarchus tyrannulus sigma t4i
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- Category: North America
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Sharp-Shinned Hawk
- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 canon hawk sharp-shinned sigma t4i
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- Category: North America
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Sandhill Crane Portrait
Caught mid-blink!- Rapala
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- 100-300 f/4 bird canon crane sandhill sigma
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- Category: North America
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sigma-canon comparision same F stop, distance
canon 500mm F4, sigma 150-600mm sport- paul2610
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- canon sigma
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- Category: Britain & Europe