Choice of Telephoto Lenses

This image of the Dove has been caltured with a digital camera and converted to monochrome in Photoshop.

A 200mm lens was used for the capture. To capture birds generally a reasonably long lens is required such as a 200-300mm.

There are many choices in telephoto lenses and it is a compromise of cost versus quality.

Quality is determined to some extent by cost, generally the higher the cost the better the lens quality, and cost  is also determined by lens length, aperture etc.

There are some summaries and some reviews of both Canon and Nikon cameras and lenses here.

Himalayan Tahr

This Himalayan Tahr has been captured with film and converted to monochrome in photoshop.

Butcher Bird

A Butcher Bird. This image has been converted to monochrome with the Photoshop plug-in Color Efex Pro.

Turtle

This turtle has been photographed at the Botanical Gardens, Hervey Bay, Queensland. A Nikon D700 camera and 300mm lens was used. The image has been converted to monochrome in Photoshop.

Sydney

Image of Sydney Harbour bridge taken with a Nikon D70 at 70mm. Converted to monochrome in Photoshop.

Owl

Owl

The image of this owl has been captured on color film and converted to black and white in Photoshop processing. The image was captured at the Melbourne Zoo.

The Pelican

Image captured at the Territory Wild life Park, Berry Springs, Northern Territory. This image has been captured on a Nikon D2H and converted to Monochrome in Photoshop.

Fuschia

This image has beeen converted from a Kodachrome slide by scanning and then converted to monochrome in Photoshop.

Fuschias

Fuschia captured on film and converted to monochrome in Photoshop.

Butterfly

This butterfly was captured on color film and the converted to monochrome in Photoshop.