I had to seriously f___ with the wing. It was real soft due to diffusion caused by one of those G__ D___ tree branches. But that's life in the woods. Thanks for the ID. Have to correct that. Although I think I'll delete both pics they're just okay. But just okay is sometimes just okay:-). Paul On Apr 29, 2007, at 6:35 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
> By jove I think you got it Paul ! > FWIW - on my calibrated monitor, the spots on the wing have a slight > turquoise hue to them and the wing, a brownish hue. According to my > bird > book the spots are white & the wing is black. > Also your pecker is a Red-Bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus). > > HTH > > Kenneth Waller > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: PESO: Pecker Replacement > > >> I replaced my soft Pecker with the next frame. >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5907141&size=lg >> >> This pose isn't quite as happy, and there's a bit of diffusion in his >> wing feathers, probably caused by a foreground branch. But overall I >> think it's better, but probably won't make the cut for the gallery >> show, at least not for round one. I also cropped it less. This one >> is about 80% of frame. ISO 800 and the A4005.6 plus the A2X-S plus >> the AF 540FGZ plus the Kirk Xtender. By the way I'm now using the >> Pentax battery pack with the AF G40 FGZ. The recycling is quick >> enough that I can get more than one shot of a bird. Seems to be less >> than two seconds with fully charged Nimh batteries in the camera and >> six alkaline C-cells in the pack. >> >> Here's the previous pecker: >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5905654&size=lg > > > -- > 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

