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My experience with Canon EF 300mm 1:2.8 L IS USM lens with a 2X extendor

Yesterday, I rented a Canon EF 300mm 1:2.8 L IS USM lens with a 2X extendor and what a Canon it is!!! That thing is really heavy!

Anyway....I grabbed my camera, tripod and the lens and headed out the door to shoot some Florida seabirds.  I headed to Honeymoon Island in search of osprey in the wooded area and egrets on the coastal area.  There was not a bird in sight!  That is, other than the common seagulls and there weren't that many of them!

After an hour of sitting tight and waiting for a bird to fly in, I packed up my equipment and headed to the fishing pier on the Anclote river.  That has been a favorite spot of mine for shooting my very favorite bird...the pelican.  When I got there, the pier was loaded with fishermen, but not one sing pelican in sight. 

By this time, my hopes were shattered and I found myself looking for ANYTHING to shoot, just to try out this lens.  All of a sudden, I noticed a huge army of fiddler crabs....ok, so I got desperate.....

So, during this entire day and after a $50 rental....I came up with nothing worth while.  I did, however, learn that I really would like to have a lens like this.  One day of rental really isn't enough time to learn how to use it, but I got enough time with it to realize how really cool it is! 

I want more!!!  I will have to do this again next month!