Got a new camera!

[semillama]

My dad gave me a Nikon D40x DSLR for my birthday last week. I've been fiddling with it and have started to get some bird photos I'm not totally ashamed of:

[Maestro]

1. Very nice camera...congratulations

Now if you are like me you will begin a never-ending quest for bigger and longer lenses especially if you are a birder. :)

[semillama]

2. fortunately (or unfortunately), my budget constraints will forestall that

I'll be at 200mm for a long while, since I need to get rid of some hefty debts before I can buy myself any more lenses. Plus, then I'd have to choose between a larger lens or a better pair of bins...

here's a couple more images from this past weekend:

Great Egret


Barn Swallow


Woodcock


Ruddy Turnstone


Female Canada Warbler


Female Black-and-white Warbler

[Maestro]

3. Nice shots

I have yet to get a decent shot of any swallow. Egrets are notoriously difficult because of the white feathers. It is hard to get the right exposure. You did very well! I especially like the Canada Warbler!

[semillama]

4. I must have canned about 50 warbler shots!

I have a whole new appreciation for people like Lillian Stokes who get those great shots!

[Lost4words]

9. These are really great shots! thanks

[XemaSab]

5. Can you mate it with a scope?

:shrug:

My Leica Televid is lonely. :)

[semillama]

7. There is a scope converter that Nikon makes

but it's $300 and out of my budget for now. Still, a much better deal than shelling out a couple thousand for a big lens.

[XemaSab]

6. Oh, and I need Woodcock something BAD...

:D

[semillama]

8. You should try and get over here to Ohio in May sometime

And get up to Magee Marsh. I had FOUR woodcocks there on May 26th, all of them less than 20 feet away, and three about 10 feet away and clearly visible...