So now i need to carry a hair drying in my bag. Nice photo non the less
dave On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Brendan MacRae <brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com> 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 > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
