Brendan, Nice story and a good try. I'm surprised he waited as long as he did for you! Keep watching, he'll be back. We have one here that visits often, checking the feeders for Breakfast or Lunch opportunities. Getting a camera on him is tough. You did well. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 10:53 PM, Brendan MacRae <[email protected]> wrote: > So today I'm having lunch with my 3 year old when he starts pointing out the > widow and saying, "Daddy, there's an owl! An owl!" I asked him where he was > looking and there just over a neighbors' fence was a raptor in a tree not 25 > feet from where we were sitting. I asked him to keep still and I slowly got up > and went to fetch the 400mm. Well, it was in the garage, and it's 30 degrees > out > and snowing. No matter. > > > I get the lens inside and realize that the temperature difference will fog the > lens so after getting it mounted on the tripod I go fetch a hair dryer and > from > about 2 feet away on the low setting I defog the lens ....gently. Finally I > can > line up the shot. > > Unfortunately, I have to shoot through glass but I'll take it. You almost > never > get to get this close to these birds. Not the sharpest image ever, but again, > I'll take it. > > http://www.primelensphoto.com/hawk/index.html > > -Brendan > > > > > -- > 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.
