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Birds on a foggy lake
The story behind this image: woke up early to go out and try my luck at some fog photography, and I was lucky because there was a big cloud of fog coming over some surrounding hills so I grabbed my camera, tripod and went out to see what I could find. I had no particular location in mind so it was kind of a challenge, but I was also in a rush because the fog could lift very fast. I found nothing interesting or worth spending time on the composition, rather than look for a better one, so I was driving and looking around when I saw this. There were some branches sticking out of the water and some birds were sitting on them, with fog covering the background very fast. At some point the birds were barely distinguishable. The problem was that they were too far away for me to capture a more detailed shot of them, so I shot this at 140 mm with my kit lens, reaching out as far as I could but still…. I needed a longer lens. So I felt the frustration of seeing a good image but not being able to take it. Instead I went for a minimal image, my first attempt so far.
Question: Would a Sigma 70-200 2.8 have done a better job? I have one but left it at home because it’s big, heavy and bought it mostly for portraits. Let me know what you think because I always think about taking it with me and end up leaving it at home.
Birds on a foggy lake
The story behind this image: woke up early to go out and try my luck at some fog photography, and I was lucky because there was a big cloud of fog coming over some surrounding hills so I grabbed my camera, tripod and went out to see what I could find. I had no particular location in mind so it was kind of a challenge, but I was also in a rush because the fog could lift very fast. I found nothing interesting or worth spending time on the composition, rather than look for a better one, so I was driving and looking around when I saw this. There were some branches sticking out of the water and some birds were sitting on them, with fog covering the background very fast. At some point the birds were barely distinguishable. The problem was that they were too far away for me to capture a more detailed shot of them, so I shot this at 140 mm with my kit lens, reaching out as far as I could but still…. I needed a longer lens. So I felt the frustration of seeing a good image but not being able to take it. Instead I went for a minimal image, my first attempt so far.
Question: Would a Sigma 70-200 2.8 have done a better job? I have one but left it at home because it’s big, heavy and bought it mostly for portraits. Let me know what you think because I always think about taking it with me and end up leaving it at home.