Goslings at Blue Lake (Photos)
Shot with Canon 80D
Sigma 150-300mm Contemporary
Blue Lake, Oregon
I had the day off so I decided to check out Blue Lake in Fairview, Oregon. Immediately I started getting eaten by mosquitos. I walked around a bit a saw a massive gaggle of geese which also contained a large number of goslings. I took a bunch of photos of these baby geese and a flower. Then I continued to walk around the lake but as I got closer to the lake I was attacked by a gross amount of mosquitos. I didn’t bring any bug spray so I said fuck it and turned around. I went back to my car and left. June sucks for mosquitos in areas with standing water where they lay their eggs. I’ll probably wait until July to go back to the lake.
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Shot with Canon 80D
Sigma 150-300mm Contemporary
Blue Lake, Oregon
It was a bitterly cold day today but it was so sunny I knew I had to get out and use my camera.
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Shot with Canon 80D
Sigma 150-300mm Contemporary
Blue Lake, Oregon
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Shot with Canon 80D
Sigma 150-300mm Contemporary
Blue Lake, Oregon
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Read MorePhoto Journal: 7/10/2022 Blue Lake
Shot with Canon 80D
Sigma 150-300mm Contemporary
Blue Lake
After seeing the results from my trip to Oak’s Bottom I wanted to try two things to try to get better clarity and sharpness. I used the Manfrotto monopod and made sure that the shutter speed was above a minimum of 1/500 and most of the time it was well over that. Even with these two considerations I still had a hard time getting really sharp photos. The following photos are the best out of the day but below them are examples of other shots that just weren’t as good but show the softness of the sharpness of this lens. Even with bright sun and a variety of settings, it was hard to get very sharp results.
Having a full-size sensor would probably help get the ISO down but I don’t have a full-size sensor. I did crop most of these photos and used quite a bit of noise reduction. I have noticed quite a lot of noise with the Sigma. The lens is not very fast and the APSC sensor creates hurdles when dealing with balancing settings and getting usable shots.
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