Sometimes a ooops shot can be saved.

This last weekend I headed down to Middle Creek Wildlife preserve to photograph the snow geese and any other water fowl that happened to be there. On the way there out in a field I saw a small group of snow geese chilling. So I grabbed my camera and my telephoto lens(70-200) and took some shots...I was so exited to get the shots that I only checked to make sure my aperture was in the right setting....but not my shutter speed. I though I had it in aperture priority instead I had it in manual and the shutter was a bit slow..

ooops...

But....hold on..

I liked the way the flock of birds were moving and I had to do something with the shot...couldn't let it sit on the hard drive and collect virtual dust. So opened it up in Lightroom 4 and started to play with it...1 hour later and half a bag of pistachios...voila!

Sometimes you can turn a oops shot into something interesting.

Shooting with Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX HSM for Sony

This lens is a beast......but a very tamed beast. The Sigma 50-500mm gives a range not matched by ANY other telephoto zoom that I've seen for the Sony Alpha system, it’s reasonably sharp throughout its range. I wish it weighed a bit less but with a sturdy tripod or monopod you could get some really good shots. You can hand hold it just as long as you have plenty of light and maintain stability. Construction, fit and finish of this lens are just excellent.At the end of the day, it just does the job you want it to do. And it has some very nice touches: the ‘handle tripod mount’ is something I wish other manufacturers would copy on their telephoto lenses,The markings on the barrel are easy to see,Focus is fast and quiet combined with Sony's image stabilization that is built into the camera makes this lens a top pick for photographers of all types.

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