Thanks, Marnie. I agree with your choice. I took a look at the two and pulled them up looking for grain. I found a little in the second (shot at 240 mm), but not 'til it got scary big. ;) Both shot at 200 ISO as noted.
Jack --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 11/27/2007 9:12:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Spent some time at Gray Lodge State Wildlife Area yesterday (Gum > Tree > shot, also) with the FA 80~320 (carrying a fairly deep screw on > metal > lens hood) attached to the K10D. When in that area, I often set ISO > 200 > and shut down the aperture to f/6.7 or f/8. Anticipating predictable > flock shots of mainly hoards of Snow Geese, I've been using the > camera > selected focus point in AF-C. Otherwise, It's always set on the > center > point. I use motor drive freely, but only in short bursts and leave > it > in RAW mode. > Just for a quick lens focal length comparison, I'm posting two shots > of > what my "Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds" shows > to > be a Red-shouldered Hawk. I'd guess it to have been 75 or 80 yards > away. > > Jack > > Comments welcome! > > 320mm focal length @ 95%: (heavily cropped) > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=266 > > 240mm focal length @ 101%: (heavily dropped) > > > ============= > Hey! Both nice shots, Jack. Little grainy, but doesn't matter a heck > of a > lot. Getting the eyes is key. Like the framing too. Really like the > first one, > has something. > > Marnie aka Doe > > --------------------------------------------- > Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. > > > > > **************************************Check out AOL's list of 2007's > hottest > products. > (http://money.aol.com/special/hot-products-2007?NCID=aoltop00030000000001) > > -- > 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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better pen pal. Text or chat with friends inside Yahoo! Mail. See how. http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/ -- 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.
