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Eurasian Wren - mini nemesis
Interestingly called "winter king" in dutch, shown here during the summer. It's a new bird in our garden, we think it is here due to insect life boosted by a new section in our garden that we dedicate to wild growth. I'm calling it a mini nemesis due to it being encouraged by the female blackbird in our garden who makes our cat's life miserable.
Just like the blackbird, this Wren got cockier every day. That's why I could approach it this close. Luckily though, its call is pleasant, and not deafening.
The Eurasian Wren is a very small bird, and the only member of the wren family Troglodytidae found in Eurasia. In Anglophone Europe, it is commonly known simply as the Wren. It was once lumped with "Troglodytes hiemalis" of eastern North America and "Troglodytes pacificus" of western North America as the Winter Wren.
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This lens is not new, but it's my main zoom lens, a 80-400mm, so definitely not a prime:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/80-400mm.htm
That said, it really is of a great quality and very versatile. On our once-a-year travels, it is pretty much the only lens I use, particularly on trips where you cannot walk around (safari). I use this one on my full frame camera. Before, and I still have it, I used a Sigma 150-500mm on a DX body (D7000). Crop factor included, that was 750mm of range compared to the 400mm I have now.
To compensate, I did buy an extender but returned it because I had major focusing issues and could only get soft photos from it. So for now, 400mm is the range I work with. My current method to get more range is to cheat a little. My camera body has a ridiculous 36MP sensor, which leaves tons of room for cropping. Of course this has limitations and only works when your full size original is very sharp. With pixels this tiny, that's a challenge :)
I love my D800 though. I wouldn't trade it for anything, except maybe a D810 :) Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago