Bird life on Loch Tay

[David Paterson]

Mallard - here all year; Canada Geese - getting ready for the long migration flight north; Oyster Catcher - some migrate inland in early spring (we are 50miles from the sea).

All shot with the D600 and 200-500; a combination I am finding works very well. The oyster catcher is almost a 100% crop.

[Randy Stout]

David:

Like the colors in #1, bokeh just a bit busy in bg.
The geese need just a bit of CCW rotation ( 2-3 degrees perhaps) based on the reflections.

Like the comp of the oyster catcher, always such characters, but the fine details have suffered from the big crop .

Thanks for sharing this look into your local avian landscape!

Randy

[Erik Lund]

First shot I like But yes very busy Bokeh,,,

Randy,,, -0.5 degrees,,,,

[Andrea B.]

I love Oystercatchers. Such a cool bird!

And I've had a lot of fun with that 200-500 myself. I've been using it on the D500.

[David Paterson]

Randy - thanks for commenting - I agree with all your points. I'm a newcomer as far as wildlife is concerned, so I'm trying to learn as I go along.

Erik - when the background is fairly close to the subject - like here - this is the weak point of the 200-500. There's no escape to f4 or f2.8 and better bokeh.

Andrea - how nice to hear from you - I suppose we mostly inhabit different areas of the forum, and I've been wondering how you are. I'd be very interested to hear your assessment of the D500/200-500 combo.