Here’s another one from the backyard, albeit captured the old fashioned way. I used to see lots of these birds at our previous house in New York and ended up taking them for granted. I don’t see near as many at our place in Connecticut, but lately they’ve been more active. I always thought they were sweet little birds with their soft gray and yellowish coloring and that stylish head tuft. The light in the woods was fading fast so I was testing out the vibration reduction of the new 500mm PF lens. Pretty good at 1/25th of a second handheld. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/25th of a second.
Sweet shot – I find the grey & blue in the tufted titmouse’s feathers very attractive amidst the green & yellow leaves. This image represents another feather in Nikon’s 500mm PF lens cap!
Thanks Sue. I have to admit, the lens is a pleasure to walk around with too, after years with the 200-400, which compared to larger lenses at the time was a pleasure in its own right. I suspect I’ll still use the 200-400 for certain trips but for casual birding the 500 PF is great. And I’ve been very satisfied with the sharpness and with the bokeh. I do notice that one stop of light that I lose every now and again, but I’m more apt to raise the ISO than I was in the past.
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Here’s another one from the backyard, albeit captured the old fashioned way. I used to see lots of these birds at our previous house in New York and ended up taking them for granted. I don’t see near as many at our place in Connecticut, but lately they’ve been more active. I always thought they were sweet little birds with their soft gray and yellowish coloring and that stylish head tuft. The light in the woods was fading fast so I was testing out the vibration reduction of the new 500mm PF lens. Pretty good at 1/25th of a second handheld. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 500mm PF lens, ISO 800, f/5.6 at 1/25th of a second.
I’ll give you the tuft, but I see no tits and no mouse. This bird is 2/3 malarky.
Karen always thinks I’m making up the names of the birds.
Sweet shot – I find the grey & blue in the tufted titmouse’s feathers very attractive amidst the green & yellow leaves. This image represents another feather in Nikon’s 500mm PF lens cap!
Thanks Sue. I have to admit, the lens is a pleasure to walk around with too, after years with the 200-400, which compared to larger lenses at the time was a pleasure in its own right. I suspect I’ll still use the 200-400 for certain trips but for casual birding the 500 PF is great. And I’ve been very satisfied with the sharpness and with the bokeh. I do notice that one stop of light that I lose every now and again, but I’m more apt to raise the ISO than I was in the past.
These are sweet really curious little birds. Grateful your newest lens gave us such a good look at this one.