And another from Kings Park Bluff. Common House Sparrow. EXIF: Shutter: 1/500. Aperture: f/8. ISO: 200. Focal Length: 300mm. Good example of Bokah (blurred background), using a long focal length compresses the image and depth of field.
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Wow - it's been six months since my last post. No excuses, just haven't been feeling creative. However, earlier this month, I decided to dust off the Canon 70D with my Tamron 16-300 zoom and nudge my creativity back. [I've been using a Canon G9x high-end point and shoot for taking quick "snapshots" recently. At times, a little disappointing.] As you all know, I like to take photos of things that fly (birds, airplanes, UFO's, etc). Here's a new one of a mockingbird (although not flying). Taken at the Kings Park Bluff, Kings Park, NY on June 9, 2022. Shutter: 1/400. Aperture: f/8. ISO: 200. Focal length: 300mm. PHOTO TIP : I normally don't like taking photos at the maximum zoom of my lens. Primarily, I'm not as steady as I used to be and secondly, I'm a firm believer of not using maximum zoom. Photography 101 advice: If you zoom in on your subject, then before press that shutter, zoom back out a little. You can always crop things OUT of your ph...