Not a dog, AFAIK... Sigma 50-500

[KerryPierce]

Nikon D70 ,Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX APO RF
1/1000s f/7.1 at 500.0mm ISO 400 hand held

[gstark]

Kerry,

Your subject line: are you referring to the the subject matter of the photo, or the lens?

Seriously, and as always, a great image. Thanx.

[Greg B]

Great shot, and it is fun to see Gary having to say something positive about the good work of someone using a Sigma lens

Anyway Kerry, sensational colour and sharpness. Excellent.

[sirhc55]

Kerry - I like the photo but in this instance I feel that this big Sigma doe not match the smaller sibling (70-200) - BTW I have the 2x Sigma converter and was very impressed with the quality on the 70-200 which apparently is a perfect match.

Back to the pic - I do like the very smooth OOF background and you have captured this little fella in a classic pose and sharp too.

[the foto fanatic]

Yup. Great image alright.
Really sharp, and a lovely warm OOF background.
It looks like a sparrow, but seems rather too colourful in the plumage to be one. Australian sparrows are a dirty brown colour, without much contrast..

[sirhc55]

Great shot, and it is fun to see Gary having to say something positive about the good work of someone using a Sigma lens

Anyway Kerry, sensational colour and sharpness. Excellent.

Actually Greg, Gary has done that a few times especially when the lens was not mentioned

[gstark]

Great shot, and it is fun to see Gary having to say something positive about the good work of someone using a Sigma lens

Anyway Kerry, sensational colour and sharpness. Excellent.

Actually Greg, Gary has done that a few times especially when the lens was not mentioned

Chris,

As we all know, the lens is only a part of the equation, and a small part at that. But I can usually tell - especially with your images.

What's probably more important is, for images that I've looked at, when I do not say something. That comes under the general heading of "if you can't say something nice ... ".

Fortunately, nobody but myself knows which images I've seen (and chosen to not comment on) as against those images that I've not yet looked at, and so the general absence of a comment by myself does not mean that I'm in biting-my-tongue mode.

[KerryPierce]

Kerry,

Your subject line: are you referring to the the subject matter of the photo, or the lens?

Both. The subject looks kinda like a bird to me and the lens isn't a dog, it's more like an elephant.....

Seriously, and as always, a great image. Thanx.

Thank you, sir.

[KerryPierce]

Great shot, and it is fun to see Gary having to say something positive about the good work of someone using a Sigma lens

Anyway Kerry, sensational colour and sharpness. Excellent.

That's funny, Greg. Thanks for your kind comments.

[KerryPierce]

Kerry - I like the photo but in this instance I feel that this big Sigma doe not match the smaller sibling (70-200) - BTW I have the 2x Sigma converter and was very impressed with the quality on the 70-200 which apparently is a perfect match.

Not sure I follow you here. I too, have the 2x Sigma convertor, but I wasn't happy with the results when I last tried it, especially compared to the Bigma with the 100mm more reach. This photo isn't a big crop either. IIRC, it's just cropped to the 4:3 aspect.

Back to the pic - I do like the very smooth OOF background and you have captured this little fella in a classic pose and sharp too.

Thanks, Chris.

[KerryPierce]

Yup. Great image alright.
Really sharp, and a lovely warm OOF background.
It looks like a sparrow, but seems rather too colourful in the plumage to be one. Australian sparrows are a dirty brown colour, without much contrast..

Thanks for the kind comment. This is what we called a common barn sparrow, when I was a kid. Dunno what the real name might be...

[Click]

Yup. Great image alright.
Really sharp, and a lovely warm OOF background.
It looks like a sparrow, but seems rather too colourful in the plumage to be one. Australian sparrows are a dirty brown colour, without much contrast..

It looks like a Finch to me...

Hey Kerry, as always great shot... Any reason why you did'nt crop it?

[PlatinumWeaver]

http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/house_sparrow.htm

Google is your friend.

[yeocsa]

Nicely captured. Good DOF and colours.

regards,

Arthur

[Glen]

Kerry, the red OOF background is quite different and really lifts the image. Great

[KerryPierce]

It looks like a Finch to me...

Could be a finch, dunno. I know as much about birds as I know about wimmin, which is pretty much zero....

Hey Kerry, as always great shot... Any reason why you did'nt crop it?

Thanks for the kind comment. Don't have a good answer on why I didn't crop it more. I guess it's just my nature. I generally only crop to remove junk or change the composition more to my liking.

[KerryPierce]

Thanks to Arthur and Glen for your great compliments.

[Nnnnsic]

That's a really, really, really nice image.

But you can't get another picture of the week next week.

It reminds me of art by Michael Parekowhai, honestly, but that might be because I've had to look at it for the past month.

[KerryPierce]

That's a really, really, really nice image.

Thank you very much, Leigh.

But you can't get another picture of the week next week.

heh, well the pay is still the same.

It reminds me of art by Michael Parekowhai, honestly, but that might be because I've had to look at it for the past month.

Wow That guy is selling that stuff? Very cool.

[Nnnnsic]

Wow That guy is selling that stuff? Very cool.

I'm off topic, but yes... I saw someone buy some on the weekend.

[KerryPierce]

Wow That guy is selling that stuff? Very cool.

I'm off topic, but yes... I saw someone buy some on the weekend.

Not off topic completely. I'll send you the original of this shot. You print off a couple dozen and sell them along with his stuff and I'll split the profits with you 50-50.

[Neeper]

Beautiful shot. It's called a House Sparrow. There are tons of them here.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/BOW/HOUSPA/

[KerryPierce]

Beautiful shot. It's called a House Sparrow. There are tons of them here.

Thanks, Neeper. I think I got mixed up on my birds. I believe it was called a house sparrow when I was a kid. Another bird, a swallow, was associated with barns, called a barn swallow, IIRC....