Birds of the rio grande valley

[rdking647]

before the idiot starts building his wall across a state park in south texas i decided to take a spur of the moment trip down there.

these are from bentsen rio grande valley state park.

ill have more from the are in a few days as i go thru the 1500 shorts i took in about 24 hours

Golden fronted woodpecker



Altamira Oriole





Green jay

[Ilsa]

1. Green jays are big, beautiful birds.

[Ohiogal]

2. Beautiful photos!

[CatMor]

3. Such beautiful creatures and photos.

[3Hotdogs]

4. I rarely get anything that good. What equipment?

[rdking647]

5. nikon d500 sigma 150-600 lens

[3Hotdogs]

7. Thanks for reply. I use a Nikon 150 500. I'm happy with about 1/3 of what I take.

I have seen other peoples' results with the Sigma 150-600. Good stuff. My hesitation is the weight. One of my friends bought one and took it to Central Park. He lives about 20 blocks away from The Ramble - if that means anything to you.

Anyway, he took it out two times. It was heavy enough to be annoying and it was been in his closet for about 1 1/2 years, gathering dust. He took it out in October for the first time in a while. Got some good shots so I hoped he would reconsider and use it some more.

No such luck.

It is a Canon so I won't buy it off him.

Anyway, his problem with weight of the lens inhibits me from getting one.

Do you have to use a tripod with yours?

H

[rdking647]

8. it depends on what im shooting

i can hand hold it depending on the shot.
I got some great hawk photos hand holding it over the weekend. You just need a lot of light so you can use a fast shitter speed. handholding birds in flight i use a speed of 1/2000.

yes its heavy. becasue of what i shoot with it i estimate i use a tripod or monopod 2/3 of the time.

[Callalily]

6. I can't think of a proper adjective

to tell you how amazing these bird photos are.