I thought about going to Green Island on Sunday after my conversation with Andreas on Saturday.  But I didn’t want to drive all the way down there with a lens that I didn’t trust.  So I opted for the 16th street pond instead.

Busy as usual with the assorted ducks, geese, one lone Heron, some gulls and two eagles.  I really couldn’t get close enough to the eagle to shoot him today.  So I just tried different focusing opportunities with the gulls, ducks and geese.

There were a lot of Ring Billed Gulls around the pond today.  Kind of unusual for them to be there in any numbers.  I like shooting gulls because they are always  busy and exploring.  It is also very good practice for shooting flying birds because they are small and hard to focus on.

This little guy was all over the place looking for something to eat.  He didn’t seem to mind me as he came pretty close from time to time.  He was the only gull that actually got close enough to me to make an image of.

I had pretty good luck with the lens today.  Unfortunately it would fail about 30% of the time.  It wouldn’t focus at times and other times it would just lock up and I would have to shut the camera off.  Problem is I never knew when it was going to fail.  There were times when I had a shot I wanted and nothing just a blurry view finder.

I’ll call the camera company in the morning and probably go back to a Tamron.  At least it worked all the time.  Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your Monday and be careful.