> > From: Boris Liberman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/05/04 Thu AM 04:54:19 GMT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT - PESO - Blackbird and Insect > > Hi! > > > I try not to post non-Pentax pics here, but I thought some of the > > twitchers here might like to see this. A nest of Blackbird chicks > > resides just inside the roof of our house and the mother flutters to and > > fro bringing food and taking out the garbage (old feathers). I found a > > very close vantage point trough my son's window. Here she is filling the > > frame, just about to dart up under the wooden eaves... > > > > <http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/nature/images/pic32.html> > > > > 1DmarkII, 70-200 2.8 L IS, ISO 800, 1/1000th at f 5.6 > > Fascinating. So you said in another post your were hanging out... I > wonder how you did not scare the bird ;-). Now, I've seen the 70-200/2.8 > L once or twice - it scared me just fine - the beast of a lens... ;-)
Starlings always remind me of teenagers. Noisy, full of life and scared of very little. Especially with a face full of fast food. > > Anyway - well done! > > Boris > > ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
