On 4/29/05, Tom C <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=285074 > > Click on thumbnails per ususal. > > Taken about 45 minutes ago. Rufous Hummingbird in the willow outside our > front door, doing watch duty on the food supply. > > Pentax *ist D and Tokina 500mm f/8 mirror lens. Equivalent to 750mm on the > *ist D. Handheld between 1/160 and 1/250 second. > > I always enjoy this lens. Background is always a little odd. Comments yay, > nay, or otherwise, welcomed.
I like the middle one the best. I like the way the branch seems to frame the bird, and the background seems just a bit less cluttered than the others (which are fine shots in their own right). cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
