Whistling kite, first shot with Tamron 150-600mm : )

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saturnv78
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Whistling kite, first shot with Tamron 150-600mm : )
timrp
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Great shot. It arrived! From that photo it looks like a good lens.

WhistlingDuck

Great start!

You will be pleased with that one.

WhistlingDuck

Great start!

You will be pleased with that one.

saturnv78
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Thanks Tim and WhistlingDuck, yes, from the first little play with the Tamron I am very happy with it, looking forward to really getting to know the lens and posting some nice shots up hopefully : ) For those interested the photo data is; Nikon D7100, Tamron 150-600mm @ 360mm, ISO 500, f8, 1/1000 sec

Reflex
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Great shot. It will be interesting to see what you think of it. 

Samford Valley Qld.

Cage
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Top shot for your first outing. Nice catchlight and some good detail. What was the distance to the kite?

I'm sweating on selling my D600 so I can get one of these. Was yours pre-ordered?

Cheers

Cage

Hunter Valley NSW

saturnv78
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Hi Cage,

I pre ordered and left a deposit in mid June on the Tamron at Paxtons and it arrived August 12, they had 14 people order it but the shipment only contained 3 Nikon mount lenses so if I hadnt left a deposit I wouldn't have got it. Tamron can not keep up with demand so the lens is very hard to get at the moment worldwide. If you want one in the next couple of months I would suggest ordering it now and leaving a deposit. There was, however, some Canon mount Tamron 150-600mm on the shelf when I picked my lens up. Very happy with it first go and will be bringing some better images as I learn the lens, I will be using it to document this Whistling kite nesting site through breeding season so stay tuned for more shots : )

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