On first of July i visited the Zoo in Schmiding for some Animal Photography with my new Sigma 150-600mm lens. It was a very nice and warm day and as i have an annual pass for the Zoo i really needed to visit it for some shot with my new lens. The Light conditions where perfect this day, sun and slighetly cloudy, perfect wheater for some shot with animals and not to have harsh shadows but a natural softbox.

Testing my Sigma 150-600mm lens at the Zoo

As is just reacently bought my new Zoom lens for wildlifephotography i needed to try this lens for some shots at the Zoo. Because of the great zoom range you can really catch these nice details, that make the pictures really nice and interesting. Ther is this popular Quote i remember now that really seems to be true on a lot of pictures.

"if your pictures aren't good enough you're not close enough" -- Robert Capa

Tiger moaning. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera used	Nikon D5100
Lens used	150-600mm Sigma
Filter used	none
Exposure Time	1/320 Seconds
Aperture used	F6.3
Focal Lengh	600 mm
Time	12:55 am
ISO	1000

The Quote above tells me that this, one of my favorite pictures is nice and close and therefore so interesting for the viewer, because it is a very nice closeup and you normally don't see a parrot that close. People also like pictures of something that are done in a way they normally don't see in Reality.

Parrot eating gras. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera used	Nikon D5100
Lens used	150-600mm Sigma
Filter used	none
Exposure Time	1/500 Seconds
Aperture used	F5.6
Focal Lengh	310 mm
Time	12:55 am
ISO	400

Longtimeexposure at blue hour in Linz

On 3rd of July i wanted to do some nice longtime exposure shots again and thats why i visited linz in the evening for some nice shots of the Ars Electronica Center and the Danube.

Camera used	Nikon D5100
Lens used	18-105mm Nikor Lens
Filter used	Lee 10 Stops
Exposure Time	27 Seconds
Aperture used	F11
Focal Lengh	18 mm
Time	10:28 pm
ISO	100

Longtime Exposure at Voest Linz

Together with a girlfriend of mine i did some longtime exposure shots of the Voest Industry in Linz. I showed hear what you need to take nice longtimeexposure shots in the blue hour. How to use filters to prolong the exposure time and what aperture you need to shot at to get most of the picture sharp.

Longtime Exposure of the Voest Industry in Linz. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera used	Nikon D5100
Lens used	18-105mm Nikor
Filter used	Lee 15 Stops
Exposure Time	104 Seconds
Aperture used	F13
Focal Lengh	18 mm
Time	10:45 pm
ISO	100

Wildlife Animal Photography with the 150-600mm lens

Also in July i did a lot of wildlife animal photography near Vienna, the ground squirrels where so cute in this time and i have a 30x45 cm print of this picture on my wall. In my opinion this was my best shot from the last year, i really like the emotion of the animals in this picture.

Ground Squirrels smelling at Wheat. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera used	Nikon D5100
Lens used	Sigma 150-600mm
Filter used	none
Exposure Time	1/320 Seconds
Aperture used	F7.1
Focal Lengh	600 mm
Time	09:37 am
ISO	100

Longtimeexposure of Main Place in Linz

On 12th of July i did some nice longtime exposure shots in Linz. I started out with a longtimeexposure shot of the main Place in linz, then i visited a concert at Donaupark Linz (Donaulände) together with a girlfriend.

Longtimeexposure of the Main Place in Linz. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera used	Nikon D5100
Lens used	Nikor 18-105mm
Filter used	none
Exposure Time	8,5 Seconds
Aperture used	F13
Focal Lengh	18 mm
Time	07:48 pm
ISO	100

Testing my new Sigma 10-20mm Lens

In July i bought a wide Angle lens on Amazon and from this time one i am equiped with lenses from 10mm range to 600mm range wich is quite a good focal lengh. On 18th of July i went again to linz for some nice shots of the fountain on the main square.

First try of my Sigma 10-20mm lens at the blue hour in Linz. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera used	Nikon D5100
Lens used	Sigma 10-20mm
Filter used	none
Exposure Time	1,3 Seconds
Aperture used	F8
Focal Lengh	10 mm
Time	09:46 pm
ISO	100

Pflasterspektakel Linz

Then next occation to test my 150-600mm lens was at the "Pflasterspektakel" in Linz, where i did a lot of pictures from artist performing nice stunts. I really loved the long lens this day because i could really get close to all the artists without them really noticing.

Artist holding up fire juggles. Picture: Florian Glechner.