Thanks for the cropping advice Christian. As to softness, I won't disagree. I'm sure it comes from two major areas - one I can control and one I can't. Shooting technique is still in it's infancy for me and I'm sure that I can improve quite a bit. The other is equipment. I am shooting a lowly Tokina 400/5.6 that I only paid a few hundred dollars for. For the price, it is quite good - but it is no match for some really serious glass like the new 500 you just picked up (jealous!) or a 600/4 or some such. Alas, I can't envision a time in the near future when any more glass than I already have would come into my hands. Too many other directions and obligations right now.
Thanks for commenting and for helping to identify the birds. -- Bruce Monday, April 9, 2007, 8:23:19 AM, you wrote: C> Bruce Dayton wrote: >> I'd like some advice on how to crop this shot most effectively. Some >> of the surroundings are probably nice to have and some not. >> >> Pentax K10D, Tokina AT-X SD 400/5.6, Handheld >> ISO 400, 1/750 sec @ f/5.6 >> >> C> Here is my take: C> http://tinyurl.com/38d3ru C> Incidentally, of all the bird shots you've displayed in the past few C> days, this one seems to be the sharpest with least amount of noise. The C> others seemed pretty soft to me. C> -- C> Christian C> http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
