Excellent exposure, David. It's tough to pull any detail out of these guys, especially at close range, without burning out all else. Nice rendering.
Jack --- On Sun, 11/21/10, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Mann <[email protected]> > Subject: PESO: Blackbird > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, November 21, 2010, 12:09 AM > This little fellow was catching some > rays on our tomato planter on the front deck (last year it > was a chilli planter* but the winter was far too > cold). After a while he popped into the planter and > had a dig around, emerging every few minutes to keep an eye > out. > > It really surprised me to see him there as the planter box > is only about 3ft long and 1-1/2ft wide. I guess it's > a signal that our compost must be full of tasty bugs. > > http://www.multi.net.nz/blackbird/ > > K10D, F*300 f/4.5, 1/250th at f/9.5, shot through a double > glazed window that should be washed. This is straight > out of the camera except for a resize as I don't have much > in the way of processing tools on the laptop. > > * If anyone wants a recipe for a delicious tomato & > jalapaño relish, let me know and I might dig it up when I > get back from Aus. It also works well with Thai Super > chillies if you want a bit more punch. > > Cheers, > Dave > -- > 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. > -- 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.
