When conditions are not favourable for landscape photography or just for a change I like to go out taking images of wildlife. For this I use a Panasonic Leica 100-400mm lens which on my micro four thirds cameras gives me a 200-800mm equivalent reach. The great thing about this set up is that it is light enough to carry around and, along with the superb image stabilisation in Panasonic and Olympus cameras, you can get sharp shots handheld.
Some of my earlier images were taken with bridge cameras and you can see the difference in quality even though some of them come with super zooms. When starting out I didn't realise you were sacrificing quality for reach and many of my early images that looked good to me as a beginner now look very pixelated.
Update 2022: I have now switched camera systems to Fujifilm. The images of the leucistic sparrow below were taken with a Fuji XT-3 and 70-300mm lens
Some of my earlier images were taken with bridge cameras and you can see the difference in quality even though some of them come with super zooms. When starting out I didn't realise you were sacrificing quality for reach and many of my early images that looked good to me as a beginner now look very pixelated.
Update 2022: I have now switched camera systems to Fujifilm. The images of the leucistic sparrow below were taken with a Fuji XT-3 and 70-300mm lens
Curious Godrevy seal
Leucistic sparrow-one with no feather colour
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Kestrel this time on the cliffs by the Crowns Engine Houses at Botallack
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Egrets were once a novelty but now common. I certainly didn't know they ate rats!
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