I have the 150-500 and I use it on my Canon 60d, why pay mega money when this lens does the job, 760mm with the crop factor and the Sigma service is good as well.

Sorry Mark R

Some lovely shots Mike. Do you know the area post codes for some of these waterfalls, so that it would be easier for me to find the area via the satnav. If you do would you mind forwarding them to me. Thanks Washy

I agree, I once suggested on here that when I had my first Kodak brownie, I was told if I could to get the sun behind me, when using it. Straight away some "knowledgeable" chap decided I was talking crap. It actually puts one off from replying to many topics or putting ones own pic's on here. After all this and other sites like it should be informative, encouraging, enjoyable and educational. It is a pity not all see it that way. Hopefully I may get across the pond in the not to distant future. Best wishes Washy

Great shots of the Osprey, would you mind sending a couple over here, seeing as you have a few. One of the negatives of being on /reading UHH is the unwelcome negative comments of some of the hogs who think they have to comment whether they know what they are talking about or not. Some of them love to jump in and create bad feelings, Pity !!

Good morning from the UK. I'm pleased to have read of your "fixing your " ISO on your 60D. I use a 60D as well and a 500d(t3I) or (t4i). I love both of them. I was amazed at all your bird pics from Trinidad and Tobago, did you go with a local guide to see and capture the images of all those birds? I like to photograph birds of all kinds but I am not a (bird list ticker) , more of a watcher and photographer. What lens did you use to capture your images please. Regards Washy

Hi Ruth Ann.
I went to Kenya and to the Masi Mara on safari. Most of the animals are not to bothered about the jeeps and the jeeps sometimes do get quite close. I took a Canon 300mm as my largest lens and apart from one or two birds it was ample long enough. Because of the great light even a 4:5.6 lens was quick enough. So both the lens that you have with your 60d would be just fine. But take lots of memory cards as you will take lots of shots and spare batteries, remember to charge the batteries every night. Make sure you get some of the sun rise and sun sets, just awesome. Take what ever camera as a second , spending what you can afford. the Sx50 which some one has suggested is a great little camera but it would limit you to the size of the pic's you can blow up to inprint. If you can afford a 6d go with that but remember it is full frame and I am not sure if the lens you have already will fit. Enjoy your trip.

I was not answering her, I was answering you. You stated f/f photographs are better than better than crop photographs. I said have one of each f/f and crop. If this attached pic could be better on a f/f sensor, then why did it win a competition recently, it was taken with a crop sensor Canon. Oh yes I do have them actually Balls that is.

Since when have full frame images been superior to crop frame images? So a green woodpecker photo taken at 50 yards on f/f would be better than the same on crop using the same 500mm lens. What rubbish the f/f is only then reaching 500mm the crop is reaching 760mm. so how can the f/f be better . So f/f may be better in some situations but the crop is better in some others. Have one of each that both use the same lens would be the ideal situation

great pics, I recently had the same present given to me at a local falconry, apart from meeting some birds (owls and hawks) which I would normally not get to see. I found the experience very artificial. The following day I managed to photograph two green wood peckers together in the local park, which I got a great deal more of a thrill from than I did from the falconry.

I would check on where your focus points are, if your shooting in spot mode or evaluative(that is what they are called on my Canon) not sure what they are called on a Nikon and the focus point is not on your subject as in pic 2 that may be why the stone on the wall is sharp and the guy is not.

You don't shoot birds or wildlife then? I do and I'm glad like sooooo many others than I have a 1.5 crop sensor on my 60d. 750mm is much closer than 500mm

I agree, 6 years ago with my 1st digital camera I took some shots as Jpegs which now I wish I had used Raw. As I am entering them in a competition this weekend and they are not as good as the other images taken in Raw , which I have also entered. Raw captures much more information than jpeg and every time a jpeg image is saved copied etc it loses image quality. A raw image does not lose any quality or information. That's why the professionals mostly shoot in Raw.

Nice shots Carolina, wish we had some Eagles as close as that here. You must be within 100 yards of them to get shots like those with a 300mm lens or do they allow you closer?

It seems to me there is a lot of biased people on UHH, if they own Nikon they rubbish Canon and vice versa, what does it matter. We are all different and we pay our money and make our choices. Some like Sigma lens some like Canon, some like Nikon. If our own photographs are not good enough, we should remember it is mostly the photographer and not the equipment.