Dale,i'm 52 you've done better than me,Actually buddy I'd just settle on seeing a brit red for now so for me it's a cracking first effort love the colour ,seems pretty good for detail,like your comp bg is lovely and the stump is cool too...what's not to like ,I bet you are well chufffed.
Dale I own both of the wants,and sure to me having that lens is like some mad dream come true,but I'd so like something with more reach. Dale it's not so much the reach aspect I am frustrated by it's the simple fact that some of these beasties have such good hearing that when I get in close the shutter noise of my camera is an absolute nightmare. Dale I thought I'd mention this as the lens is remarkable and I am so lucky to own it,but this is the one facet that utterly got past me.Many folks helped me many said about really I would need more reach,but nobody really mentioned how much shutter noise can mess up all the effort of getting in close.I always felt that was the one area of this malarky that i might be able to do as it's something I have always seemed to be able to do since a kid. My biggest struggle Dale is with the fallow we spend time with. they are utterly wild,and of course a bigger subject,which really the 300f2.8 should be ideal for,but the shutter is killing me at the moment,even going to one shot silent is not ideal as it takes out the cracking assets of my 1Div ie ten frames per second.
Anyway mate sorry for the ramble just thought it worth sharing this regarding the lens as it's an area not often covered
Oh and more squirrels please
take care
Stu