John, That is a very nice shot. I don't think I've ever even =seen= an owl in its nest, much less with a chick, and much much less with a camera available.
The softness looks to me like motion blur (when I enlarge the photo as much as Flickr allows). Did you use the 2sec timer? Was SR off? I don't care much for teleconverters in any case... Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 3/29/09, John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > From: John Sessoms <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> > Subject: PESO: Owl > To: pdml@pdml.net > Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009, 10:34 PM > I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this > month, trying to get some idea of its habits. Yesterday, I > spotted it on the nest I thought it might use, and came back > today with my camera: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/3396685627/ > > K10D, Sigma 300 2.8 + Sigma APO 1.4x tele-converter, on a > tripod ... > ISO 400 (I think) > > The image is a bit soft. I've noticed that whenever I > use the 1.4x converter, even though it's supposed to be > matched to the lens. > > It just kills me. Some guy came along with a Nikon D200 > & 200 mm Nikon IS lens and chimping what he got looked a > whole lot sharper than what I got. > > But ... it's what I got. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
