Amateur Birders
In the grand scheme of things, bird photography has been a very small part of my portfolio of images. I prefer to capture cityscapes, landscapes, and bodyscapes. But ever since COVID made us social distance, DW and I found ourselves going on nature walks with our cameras in tow. And in our kayaks, when we were surrounded by wildlife, we started taking more and more photos of birds. It was on our first trip to Costa Rica, in 2024, that we really took an interest in birds. On that trip, DW had her Canon M50 with a 55–200mm lens; I brought my Nikon D7200 with my 70–300mm lens, and we were able to capture some decent bird photos, though we found the reach of our cameras could have been better. Before we travelled to Peru, last year, I told DW that I wanted to get a more-powerful zoom for my camera, and that's when I bought the Nikon AF-S 200–500mm f/5.6E ED VR lens. It's a beast of a lens, at 2.3kg, but I was able to zoom in so much better. I noticed, on our return from Peru, t...
