Testing the Sigma 300-800 DG monster at Candaba Photo Gallery by romy ocon at pbase.com

Testing the Sigma 300-800 DG monster at Candaba

Well, after a long wait, my new Sigma 300-800 DG, a monster lens weighing almost 13 lbs and more than 2 feet in length, finally arrived. I immediately went to Candaba Swamp, my favorite wetlands, to try it out. Got a lifer too - the shy and not often seen Plain Bush-Hen ...;-)

IMG_0318.jpg Candaba wetlands: The 300D + Sigma 300-800 DG is my fixed heavy artillery, while the 20D + 400 5.6L is always ready to shoot fliers.	IMG_0249.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0300.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [300D + Sigmonster (Sigma 300-800 DG), on tripod]	IMG_0316_2.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0256.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
IMG_0254.jpg Plain Bush-Hen (a near Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Amaurornis olivaceus Habitat - Drier grasslands and scrub. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0289-1000x750.jpg Clamorous Reed-Warbler Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. [300D + Sigma 300-800 DG, on tripod]	IMG_0097.jpg Clamorous Reed-Warbler Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0290-720x540.jpg Clamorous Reed-Warbler Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0141.jpg Clamorous Reed-Warbler Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
IMG_0283.jpg Clamorous Reed-Warbler Scientific name - Acrocephalus stentoreus Habitat - Uncommon, in tall grass, bamboo thickets in open country, and in reed beds where it sings from cover. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0198.jpg Barn Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo rustica Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0207.jpg Barn Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo rustica Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0216.jpg Barn Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo rustica Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0217.jpg Barn Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo rustica Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains. [Sigma 300-800 DG]
IMG_0213.jpg Barn Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo rustica Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0222.jpg Barn Swallow Scientific name - Hirundo rustica Habitat - from coast to above forests in high mountains. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0174.jpg Philippine Duck (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Anas luzonica Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0176.jpg Philippine Duck (a Philippine endemic) Scientific name - Anas luzonica Habitat - Freshwater marshes, shallow lakes and ricefields. [Sigma 300-800 DG]	IMG_0014-1000x750.jpg Little Grebe Scientific name - Tachybaptus ruficollis Habitat - freshwater ponds and marshes [Sigma 300-800 DG + Tamron 1.4x TC, 1120 mm]
IMG_0035.jpg Common Moorhen Scientific name - Gallinula chloropus Habitat - Marshes and ponds. [Sigma 300-800 DG + Tamron 1.4x TC, 1120 mm]	IMG_0065.jpg Purple Heron Scientific name - Ardea purpurea Habitat - Fairly common in all types of wetlands. [Sigma 300-800 DG]

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