> I took the family up into the
mountains today. We took the cameras
> and went for a hike. We were looking for a specific geocache (for
> those GPS'ers) in an area with lots of gold mining tailings. So lots
> of broken up rock was all around. My wife called me to come over near
> her. She had discovered several snakes all intertwined (I believe
> they hibernate that way) wiggling around. It turned out to be one
> large snake (mother?) and 4 small snakes (offspring?).
>
> I got the camera and took several shots. Not sure which one I like
> best, but here is one of them:
> http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1530a.htm
>
> Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, handheld
> ISO 800, 1/750 @f/11.0
>
> Converted from Raw to 16 bit Tiff in C1. Cropped from horizontal to
> vertical and sized/sharpened for web using PictureWindow Pro.
>
> Comments welcome.
>
> Bruce
Super shot Bruce.
The colours and detail are great. DOF works well for me to.
BTW I also have the A 70-210 F4 and i think it works very well with the istD.
Dave
