Back in September (2017) I decided
I needed a faster lens to cope with the shorter days and
darker days of winter, so ordered myself a Canon 50mm f1,8
lens. Whilst I do have some Canon 'L' glass my fastest lens
prior to getting this was the Tamron 90mm f2.8 macro (004
model) - I am afraid many of the real fast (f1.4 and f1.2
lenses) are way out of my budget, so at just £80 on Amazon
this 50mm lens seemed like a very good deal indeed.
So at the
end of September a group of us went for our weekly walkabout,
and decided to pop along to the River Hamble to look for
Egrets and Kingfishers - alas the latter are very hard to
find, but we did see an Egret or two; unfortunately the tide
was high so it wasnt ideal to get up close to them.
Having
given up I packed up my big lens and put the 50mm lens on in a
vain attempt to get a decent landscape shot. It was around
2.30pm and the clouds were starting to build up from the West,
so I was pleasantly surprised at how much light this lens was
able to capture. This photo was a single shot processed in
Photomatix to give a painterly feel and was cropped every so
slightly to get rid of some distracting elements on the left
hand side, but retain the reeds in the foreground.
This print
shows a view South along the River Hamble looking towards
Fawley Oil Refinery - you can just see the chimney between the
masts of the boat which were mooored along the Hamble River.
This view can be found around 400 yards from Universal Marina
along the path which leads to Warsash - it is around a 2 mile
walk and you will often see dog walkers and other
photographers on warmer days and evenings.
You do
need to be careful during very high tides as the path has been
known to flood, but low tides really are the best time to go
if you want to see all manner of wading birds feeding as the
mud is exposed and small fish get trapped in the shallows. |
