Dave, The first shot looks more like a flying mouse rather than rat - not quite as big and mean. I do have to say, they are very hard to shoot, once you put your mind to it. The geese do at least give you a lot of warning that they are coming, what with their loud, constant honking. You seemed to catch the moment, just a bit more shutter speed to freeze/sharpen it up.
The compression from the 300 in the second image helps make it with the tree backdrop coming up on the horses. I rather like this one, though I can't articulate why. Maybe the colors and composition just make me really feel like I'm there. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, April 4, 2005, 4:38:53 AM, you wrote: bcin> Hey gang. bcin> All these great shots by Paul and Bruce with nice clear bcin> and crisp �Flying Rat� photos got bcin> me to bcin> thinkin�. How about one from a first try with the new Sigma 170-500.:-) bcin> http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=view¤t=fuzduck.jpg bcin> Tech details: bcin> D2H bcin> Sigma 170-500 bcin> AF-S, instead of AF-C(D'oh) bcin> Sneaky duck who surprised me bcin> Very bad pan.:-) bcin> This other one is from the Sigma 300 f4 and the istD a few weeks ago. bcin> Bad day to test as you can see it was snowing (humm, seems to do that a lot here bcin> lately.LOL) bcin> http://photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/?action=view¤t=snowbreak.jpg bcin> Tech details: bcin> IstD bcin> Sigma 300 f4 bcin> Light snow and bcin> A cold and tired horse bcin> (BTW the grey acting as the snow break is his older brother.) bcin> I know you will curse me for linking the first one, :-), bcin> but I hope you like the second. bcin> Comments are appreciated. bcin> Dave
