What a rich fortunate circumstance it has been for me to live so close to this wealth of wildlife. It is well utilized by many including groups of school children and the occasional bus load of tourists who stroll its many miles of walking trails. This time of year is absolutely prime to drive the three mile "Tourist Loop", (in the past with a large lens on a tripod across your lap. Since sold)) or now with this modest FA 80~320 in my lap, picking off drive by critters. I bought this lens to fill in 'til the new DA 60~250 becomes available, and it is serving the purpose very well.
Thanks for comments! Jack --- ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I liked flicking back and forth between the two shots and making a > kind > of movie/video out of the two pics :) > made me feel I was out in the field with binoculars - I enjoyed these > > ann > > > Jack Davis wrote: > > >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) > > > >http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=267 > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > >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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ 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.
