Welcome to the first post of my photo blog!
This blog is experimental at best, and might be chaotic at worst, but I am hoping to convey a passion for nature, science, photography, and even maybe some philosophical musings partially to whomever might visit this page, but mainly for my own benefit in organizing my pictures and thoughts.
Firstly, I am including pictures from two photography sessions, one being at the Yale Marsh Botanical Garden, and the other at an amazing seaside location farther along the coast at Chaffinch Island. The focus of my photography, both over the last year and currently, is on nature, and by nature, I mean mainly birds. Unfortunately, I do not have the most amazing or expensive photography set-up that would allow me to zoom into a birds eyeball or to see the details in a squirrels individual hairs, but it is doing phenomenally well in my own opinion for a relatively low entry-cost for someone who has always wanted to get into photography.
For anyone curious, my current set up is as follows:
- Camera: Nikon Z50, which was purchased as a bundle with my two lenses for $1100 (on sale) new from Nikon
- Lenses: NIKKOR Z DX 50-250mm f/4.5-6.3 VR & NIKKOR Z DX 16-50mm f/3.5-6.3 VRÂ
The decision to purchase the Nikon Z50 bundle was made after much deliberation and research, and I can try and summarize quickly why I made this decision:
1) The Z50 is a budget friendly camera that uses newer mirrorless lens technology which is (slowly) phasing out the older digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera models. This is in anticipation of hopefully buying newer lenses in the future once I have the budget for it, but also for the continued innovation of this product as it seems that companies are moving away from DLSR and towards mirrorless
2) I was surprised at the quality of images I found online, especially with the Z50 in combination with the 50-250mm telephoto lens. This lens in combination with the cropped sensor in some ways acts more like the end of the lens length of 375mm (discussion on this topic can be found here)
3) New camera, so no worries about faulty equipment from a second hand source, which just provides more peace of mind
Overall, $1100 is still quite costly (and closer to $1200 after taxes), but I have found this combination to be well worth it.
Anyway, below are the pics I have taken so far in the first week of May now that the weather is nicer. Please enjoy, and I will see you in the next post!
