Someone has declared today as International Photography Day. I’d like to celebrate using a couple of my telephoto lenses. Sometimes when the stars align and the wildlife cooperates you have some really nice subjects to photograph.

This Snowy Egret was fishing in the pond behind my house the other day. He was being quite cooperative so I was able to get off a number of exposures with my Fujifilm XF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR which is a very nice lens. It has good color rendition and even extended to 400mm as in this shot is nice an sharp.

A few minutes later he/she fluffed up all her feathers for just a second and I was able to capture this on also at 400mm. The image stabilization help as it was a rather gray afternoon. This image ISO 500 1/124s f/10 400mm. This is really a nice lens and I’m glad I have it.

I also have the Fujinon XF18-135mmF3.5-5.6 R LM OIS WR which is one of the first lenses I purchased and usually use when I’m heading for the golf course as it gives a nice range for a compact size. A little later on the same day I caught this Roseate Spoonbill in about the same location as the Snowy Egret. He/she was not too bothered by me. The sharpness and color rendition on this lens is also quite good.

Image shot at ISO 800 1/125s f/5.6 135mm.

So lets celebrate a couple of the wonderful Fujifilm telephoto lenses. They do good work.