New Lens

On friday of last week, I got myself a new lens. Its a 18 to 270mm Tamron DiII lens. Its awesome for 2 reasons.

1. The vibration reduction. I love this stuff. It really allows me more freedom with hand held shots. Its a big weighty lens but it is so versatile.

2. That extra 70mm on top of my 55 to 200mm lens now gives an effective zoom up to 405mm.
Apparently its the worlds first x15 zoom. It does a good job with close up pictures as well.

Either way I had a wonderful mouth surgery on Monday so unfortunately I was put out of commission. I took my lens to Tang Soo Do. Now usually I am not a big fan of the photos I take at martial arts events, however I really like this photo. Derek is, at times, the epitome of stillness. It was line drill and everyone was doing Ee Dan Ahp Cha Ki . I.E. Jumping front kick, Derek waited for the person in front of him so to give himself space. The resulting picture gives him a motionless quality.

20mm // f3.5 // 1/20sec // Exp -0.7

I have always wanted to get a really good photo of a Red Cardinal. They are the state bird of Ohio and this the best one so far!

270mm // f6.3 // 1/500sec

The moon is a very cool....moon! Its fun to watch it go through its cycle from day to day. These are my first attempts with the new lens to photograph it. Unfortunately even a 270mm lens is just not enough to get the moon in any good resolution.

270mm // f6.3 // 1/100sec