I can see for miles with this thing...

Oh I love new kit and a little windfall convinced me I could splurge on my latest heart's desire - a better zoom lens for my fledgling photographer me. As an amateur photographer and birdwatcher I always try to get an image of birds I see while out. My wallet and skills limited me to a multi purpose super zoom which while good still tended to give disappointing shots where my birds were small and often out of focus shots. I was forever looking through my binoculars and musing, "I wish my camera cold get as close as these bins." and looking at online images posted by friends and Youtubers, amateur and pro alike and thinking, "I'll never be able to produce anything like this." And while I know a bad workman blames his tools, I think I needed just a little better kit to get me where I want to go. After deliberating for a few weeks and as usual perusing review websites and YouTube I decided I NEEDED a super zoom. My photography gurus, Chelsea and Tony Northrup were preparing a super zoom face off of the latest and greatest but I can't stretch to those, however, I discovered  a Sigma 50-500mm 1.4-6.3 APO DG telephoto lens and i took delivery of said lens yesterday.

Now I have to get my nose to the grindstone and make sure I practice, practice, practice and learn a lot more about how to get the best out of my new gear. I'm off to play.