Angel Island

Sam probably already has a picture of this, but I can never resist.

This was taken with the same 18-200mm lens from the same spot as Bo 1 and 2. Bo 1 was taken at 18mm, Bo 2 was probably taken around 50mm, and this one was taken at 200mm.

This was taken with the same 18-200mm lens from the same spot as Bo 1. Bo 1 was taken at 18mm, while this one was probably taken around 50mm.

I used an 18-200mm lens for this series of three shots. This lens, especially made for digital cameras, does not do anything my other lenses don't do. The cool thing is that it basically replaces the three lenses I have. You could leave this lens on the camera 85% of the time. This one, along with the 200-500mm and the 180 macro would satisfy my lens lust. I could imagine that other people would want to supplement this with the 11-17mm.

I think I'll enter this one in the contest. Don't tell the Tamron representative, but I'm pretty sure I took this with the lens that came with my camera.

Here's a more affordable and versitile lens for taking bird pictures. It is a 200-500mm. It costs about $1,500. And at 3 pounds, it weighs half as much as the 300mm. Plus, it really impresses everyone who sees it. I took the picture with a 11-17mm lens.