Oddbean new post about login | logout @4dfae064 Yeah, birding with a 55 mm lens sounds like a challenge. 😮
@f4f101c0 Ha, my tele lens is over 40 years old, so it too is a challenge. The moonrise you shot is pretty awesome - mornings can get great light.
@4dfae064 Thanks. I was in a rush to get out the door to get to work, so just did it hand-held at 1600 ISO. I now wish I'd used my tripod. I recently switched from a ~40-year old manual-focus 300 m telephoto to a modern 300 mm with autofocus and image stabilisation. I can confirm that a lot of progress in lens design has been made in 40 years. (Still not cheap though.) 😄
@f4f101c0 Oh yes - one of the newer lenses would be nice to have. Unfortunately reality kicks in and I'm just going to have to wait... Here's the birds - a *very* tight crop - took me a couple of minutes to find both in the picture too, their camouflage is great. A link to a better picture is in the alt-text, by someone I know who has a proper L lens. https://social-cdn.vivaldi.net/system/media_attachments/files/111/158/424/615/860/179/original/b3afaba2cd6d047c.jpeg
