LittleRed

While convalescing on my backdeck following leg surgery spent most of the time taking pics of my feathered friends. However having just purchased the Tamron 150-600mm G2 lens this spring I wanted to see just what else it could do. So I decided to try to capture some of my wife's flowers nearby. I'm very satisfied with what I found out. Even though at 600mm the pics still appear a bit soft, they can be easily adjusted with a photo editor. I don't use any of the fancy editors such as Photoshop, instead using an old simple one that came with my first digital camera, a Olympus point and shoot (Olympus Master Ver 2.3), but it does exactly what I require. The weather conditions at the time I took the pics were a mix of sun and clouds, with clouds being the greater. Also, all the flowers were in shade on our deck when the pics were taken. The only exception was the orange day-lily which was in our garden at the back of our lot. I was quite impressed with the shot of the day-lily which was about 14.5 metres away (approx 48 feet). All the shots were taken on a tripod using auto-focus with the VC (image stabilizer) off. I also found that I did not have to do much adjustment with my editor, that the pics were quite good right out of the camera. I realize that I could have improved the quality of my pictures by using diiferent (better) settings on my camera but I used basically what the camera told me too. I also found that the combination of my Canon T6i and this lens worked quite well under low light situations with quite high ISO readings. I realize that I have found that even though this lens is very good it still can't give me the sharpness that my Canon 300mm prime can, but it does give me that extra reach when photographing my small birds at a distance. All in all, I would highly recommend this Tamron lens to anyone whom is looking for a reasonably priced telephoto. I used to have the old Canon 100-400 which worked quite well, but I do believe that this lens performs better. I don't know how the new 100-400mm Canon would compare, but have heard that it is much better than the old one, and possibly better than the Tamron. Never had the chance to try it and as the price here in Canada at the time I bought was $3200 with taxes = $4190 while I paid $1750 with taxes = $2275, a difference of $1915, so it was a no-brainer for me to go for the Tamron. (I noticed that the Canon lens today at Canon Canada is on sale for $2500 with taxes = $3250 while the Tamron is on sale at Henry's for $1530 with taxes = $1990, still a difference of $1260). As you can see why I sure taint sorry that opted for the Tamron.

LittleRed (Ron)

Dahlia Group - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @150mm, 1/100, f16, auto ISO @1600, dist 5.5M (18')

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Dahlia Single - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @300mm, 1/250, f16, auto ISO @3200, dist 5.5M (18')

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Dahlia Trio - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @200mm, 1/100, f16, auto ISO @160, dist 5.5M (18')

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Lily Group - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @150mm, 1/13, f32, auto ISO @100, dist 3.5M (12')

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Lily Single side - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @213mm, 1/25, f25, auto ISO @800, dist 3.5M (12')

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Lily Single Front - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @273, 1/25, f20, auto ISO @200, dist 3.5M (12')

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Day-Lily - Canon T6i, Tamron 150-600mm @552, 1/1000, f6.3, auto ISO @1000, dist 14.5M (48')

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John Martin Loc: Troy, MI

Very nice!! I also just purchased the same lens, however I have not had the chance to use it.

LittleRed

I'm sure you will really enjoy that lens once you get used to it.

Ron

MikWar Loc: Chicago, Western Suburbs

All are great pics - very colorful and good compositions.

GalaxyCat Loc: Boston, MA

Very nice detail and compositions

LittleRed

Thanks MikWar for looking and commenting.

Ron

LittleRed

Thanks for the nice comments, tis appreciated.

Ron

joehel2 Loc: Cherry Hill, NJ

Beautiful, great ad for the lens (and the photographer).

tinplater Loc: Scottsdale, AZ

Well done..softness can also be a result of slow shutter speed, f20 exposure. Wind and movement of the flower comes into play (despite using tripod, of course) and loss of image quality at tiny apertures for most lenses, including, the Tammy I assume.

WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA

Just curious, consider this a newbie question please.

Why did you shoot.at such a high f stop? As all of the exposures are blurred in the background (as intended I expect) wouldn't a lower f stop have provided a faster shutter speed and a even softer background?

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

I love my 150-600 and have enjoyed it for all kinds of shots. My only objection is I absolutely have to use a tripod since it's too heavy for someone my size to hold still.

These are wonderful. I hope you get lots more but with a quick recovery first and foremost.

LittleRed

Thanks loads for the kind comment.

Ron

LittleRed

Thanks for looking and commenting. I agree tinplater that all you have listed can create softness. However the slight softness I refer too appears even when I am photographing wildlife when these don't appear, i.e. when using high shutter speeds (1/2000) and lower f stops (f7.1). I found this was also a wee problem with the Canon 100-400.

Ron

LittleRed

Hi WDCash, thanks for looking in. Since my main interest is photographing birds or such I normally don't do much close-up. A lot of these pics is a bit of experimenting on my part. I used the high f stops in order to increase the depth of field making as much of the flowers in focus.

Ron

LittleRed

Thanks Viki for the kind comment, it was appreciated. As I said, this lens is turning into one of my favourites also. However, the Canon 300mm prime is still my most favourite. Like you I find that a tripod is necessary to get good results with the Tamron but not with the 300. Thus the smaller Canon lens is my present walk-about.

Ron