thanks, Frank. it's just a roof. no eavestrough here. i don't know if you did the math and all, but the sparrow was about 60 feet from me when i took the picture. having an equivalent 2400mm FOV really makes a difference. it's a House Sparrow, imported from Europe more than a century ago and now very widespread in North America. i'm sure it was watching trying to figure out what i was doing.
Herb.... ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 5:39 PM Subject: RE: PAW - birds and long lenses > #6, because of the diagonal roof. It makes a really strong comp, imho. The > little sparrow (I don't know birds for sh**, but I know sparrows <g>) is > nice and sharp, and I like the way it's about 1/4 turned toward the camera - > plays nicely with the roofline. And, finally, that deep blue sky is > gorgeous - contrasts very nicely with the white roof - although I just > looked again, and it might be an eavestrough. BTW, I really like the > crackling paint on the trough - nice texture. A real winner, this one.
