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Female Downy

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Posted by wade pettitt on October 26, 2012 at 8:53 PM
Female Downy
This was taken today under very heavy overcast conditions(was really wishing for a D4 or 1DX for there great ISO performance).

Nikon D5100, sigma 50-500 at 370mm, f7.1, 1/60th of a second at ISO 500
Posted by John Williams on October 27, 2012 at 9:11 AM
I'm with you on that high iso performance. Regardless, this looks great. Super detail of this little gal.
Posted by Catherine Reilly on October 27, 2012 at 3:06 PM
Just a lovely shot of this bird, Wade! I'm pretty impressed with the lens IQ. How do you like it?
Posted by wade pettitt on October 27, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Catherine, I love this lens. It is sharp and modestly priced for the focal length, it is best from 100 to about 480mm at 500mm it is a little soft but not bad only other real alternative is much more expensive. Sigma has a newer version out with stabilization and I would look at that.