Took this in Orkney May 2016, was on the way back to the house and he was sitting on the fence outside the driveway. Sat the lense on the wing mirror of the van and bingo!
Nikon D7200, Nikon 200-500mm, f/5.6
f/5.6, 1/60s, 240mm, ISO400
I love a sweet Shortie!
Very nice photo for being unplanned! Love the depth in the photo and I like the talons and the barbed wire together.
And most of all, thank you for sharing!
Cheers. To be fair I’d been out photoing all day and seen plenty of them out of range, so I wasn’t hugely surprised when he popped up.
Now that’s a big fucking lens right there
Lol, it does get some looks, but it’s honestly not that big, especially compared to the big primes. I now shoot it with a D850 and the two together weigh about 7.4lbs which I can shoot handheld all day. I’d like to get a Nikon 500 PF f/5.6 as I end up shooting most of my wildlife stuff at or near 500mm. It’s a lot smaller, lighter and has better all round image quality than the 200-500. But it’s 3x the price of the 200-500.
I just looked up that lens… 😮
That’s a nice cold splash of water every time I think about dabbling into photography! 😆
I did a shoot day with Nikon when it was released, I nearly cried when I had to give it back. I love walking with my gear so the 500 PF would be perfect but you’re right it’s not a cheap hobby.
That said, If you want to do it, go for second hand. You don’t need to spend a fortune to get decent gear. As long as you don’t abuse second hand gear you should be able to resell it for about what you paid for it, that’s if you want to upgrade or decide you don’t get on with it.
