Nice capture John. Cute little bird. Too bad the rear half of his body blends into the tree bark.
Exposure info ? On a tripod I assume. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Big Enablement: K 500/f4.5 > Greetings fellow PDMLer's, > I haven't posted in a while, but I have been reading a few of the > posts every now and then. Just before Thanksgiving I purchased a K > 500 f/4.5 from KEH to use for my bird photography. I figured with all > the folks jumping on the K10D bandwagon that the older pentax > lenses might get scarcer yet. And since I can't afford the dream FA* > 600/4 yet that this may be the next best substitute. I got a brief > chance last weekend to try it out and it is really not bad at all > other than the manual focus required. But there is no way effectively > to shoot with it hand held. I managed to get a couple decent bird > shots, one of which was my first encounter with the Golden Crowned > Kinglet. > By this time of the day the light was beginning to dwindle so I felt > very fortunate to capture this little fellow: > http://ct.pbase.com/ > o6/87/63987/1/70993547.eNCzrQG2.GoldenCrownKinglet2.jpg > Taken with the *istDL. > > Thanks for looking and feedback if you are so inclined, > JayT > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
