Thanks, Frank! He probably had a better look at me than I did of him..or her. ;)
Jack --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 27, 2007 11:53 AM, Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. > > > > Both terrific shots, Jack. I especially like the one of the hawk > looking straight into the camera. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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 sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Yahoo Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/sports;_ylt=At9_qDKvtAbMuh1G1SQtBI7ntAcJ -- 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.
