Thanks for commenting. D20, DA 55~300@300mm, f/13(mistake), 1/750, ISO 800 The grain is especially obvious on the lower right wing flight feathers. That area was beyond dark beyond, so gave it some "fill light" in the converter.
Jack --- On Sat, 2/12/11, Christian <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Christian <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Red Tail Portrait > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, February 12, 2011, 4:02 PM > On 2/11/2011 3:55 PM, Jack Davis > wrote: > > > > When I'm unsuccessful at wing shooting, I'll always > settle for sitting. > > I came "that" close to a decent wing shot and may post > it later..with excuses. :( > > > > Comments? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Jack > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=568 > > > > Same place, same equipment. > > Not bad at all. I like the angle of the head and the > way he's got his > wings pushed out a bit. The big plus is that it's the > perfect "ID" shot > with that prominent red tail. What were the shooting > details (ISO, > speed, aperture) and how much cropping? I see a bit > of noise in the > flight feathers. > > > -- > Christian > http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com > http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.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. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ -- 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.

