It was overcast, but there were moments of relative brightness. Probably caugh†one here. Shot some more out there today. Lots of fun. Paul On Mar 4, 2007, at 7:12 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
> Then I take back my comment about good use of the flash! > > Had to be pretty good light to get the hint of a shadow & the catch > light in > the eye. > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 5:54 PM > Subject: Re: PESO: White Breasted Nuthatch > > >> Just as an FYI. In reviewing the EXIF data, I noticed that the flash >> didn't fire on this exposure. It apparently had not yet recycled. >> Paul >> On Mar 4, 2007, at 4:29 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: >> >>> Do you use a flash extender as well Christian? >>> greetings >>> Markus >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf >>> Of >>> Christian >>> Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2007 4:04 PM >>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> Subject: Re: PESO: White Breasted Nuthatch >>> >>> >>> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>>> Sorry for hogging bandwidth, but this pic might be worth a look. It >>>> demonstrates pretty good performance from a budget long-lens combo: >>>> The >>>> A 400/5.6 plus A2X-S converter. I also used the Pentax 540 FGZ in >>>> high-speed synch mode with the Kirk Flash Xtender. Handheld of >>>> course:-). Hey, it's only 800mm. Piece of cake. :-)). SR turned on. >>>> 1.500th, f5.6, ISO 1000. Cropped to about 75% of frame. >>>> >>>> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5672710&size=lg >>>> >>>> >>> >>> Handheld... wow. Not bad sharpness and the noise is within reason. >>> I >>> was chasing these guys yesterday with the 500mm and 1.4x. They are >>> very >>> photogenic little birds especially the way they pose like this. Just >>> messing around I was trying to handhold the 500 and lots of guys >>> claim >>> to use it as a flight lens. I don't see how. >>> >>> Christian >> >> >> -- >> 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 > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
