Very nice, Ann. And certainly fascinating. How long a lens did you have mounted? Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > graywolf wrote: > > >The squirrelly one is nice. I presume that the distance between them is > >farther > >than it looks, because squirrel is even tastier than pigeon. However, as > >they > >say a bird in talon is better than a squirrel in the tree... > > > yup - objects in photo are farther apart than they apppear - but not by > much... the hawk was pretty stuffed > full of pigeon by that time but also it would have fallen if he let > go... so squirrel wasn't in quite so much danger. > > thanks to all youse guys that said nice things about the pics while I > was sleeping :) it was nice to wake up to. > > ann > > > > > > >ann sanfedele wrote: > > > > > >> This didn't seem to get through to the list before - so I'm trying again > >> > >> > >> > >>Today a friend called to tell me there was a redtail hawk in a tree in > >>Tompkins Square Park - just a block from my apt > >>I had just changed batteries in my dark side camera and cleared a cf > >>card - out I dashed. > >> > >>Stuff is too grainy for stock, alas, and even with image stabilizer it > >>could have been sharper, but it was lots of > >>fun - I think these three are the best I got - > >> > >>There were about 6 of us with glass that had enough reach - including > >>one guy with a 300 mm shooting film who > >>was a knowledgeable birder... > >> > >>Of the people who stopped to look over the course of about an hour at > >>least half of them pointed out the "owl" > >>to their friends - and many of the rest of us chimed in with the > >>correct id.... > >> > >>For a while the hawk just sat there grasping the dead pigeon - finally > >>he started to dine - funny to hear the kids > >>watching going 'euweee' and "ick" > >> > >>I know I didn't get the best shots - my auto focus messed me up a couple > >>of times and my unsteadiness did as well. > >>But it was such fun... I hadn't been out shooting for a while. > >> > >>anyway --- > >> > >>http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371/1/217347394/Large > >>http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371/1/217347584/Large > >>http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371/1/217347692/Large > >> > >>ann > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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