Jack, Ann, Bruce, Christine Thanks for the comments. Bruce said "The old adage holds true 'You can never have too much focal length!" True and I certainly could have used more with this one. But I probably wouldn't have been able to successfully hand hold anything heavier than the 80-320, particularly as all I have longer than that is an old Tamron SP300 + 2x adapter - and fully open that combination works out at f11! - and it's heavy! :-)>
Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > --- On Thu, 7/2/09, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> > > Subject: PESO - White-faced Heron > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:54 AM > > G'day all > > > > I never get sick of seeing these birds. They're very > > common but they > > are such elegant and attractive creatures. > > > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/147837/White-faced_Heron.html > > > > > > This was taken hand held with the trusty FA 80-320 > > mm. It perhaps lacks > > a little contrast between the bird and the background rocks > > but the > > bird's pose was quite striking. > > > > This is a substantial crop of the original frame, upsized > > back to 6 MP > > in multiple steps with a little intermediate sharpening > > along the way. > > > > > > Comments appreciated. > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > Brian > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Brian Walters > > Western Sydney Australia > > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > > -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- 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.
