Managed to get out for a little shooting this evening in Japan Town. I stopped at Roy's Station and had my cuppa espresso. There were three young women at the table near me chatting with this gal and her Sulphur Crested Cockatoo. As I went to go for a walk, she spied my camera and exclaimed, "Ooh, an M9! I just got myself an M8!" so I stopped and we talked for a bit. Her name is Tomiko, she's a regular in the Japan Town neighborhood (I've seen her before).
The cockatoo is Wendy, she is a Rescue bird. She's about sixteen years old and was maltreated for a long time. A local vet nursed her back to health but couldn't keep her. Tomiko has experience with a few Rescue birds (she has four at present) so she took Wendy in. Wendy's still a little skittish but her health and her disposition are coming around. Of course, I asked to take a picture and Tomiko was obliging: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7005060071/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/7005060071/ That was the third exposure ... Wendy wasn't. She kept turning her head at the moment I released the shutter. You can see she's turned her head away from Tomiko and out of the plane of best focus. Oh well. I like the photo anyway. :-) Great time out on this one. This new lens (a Nokton 50mm f/1.5) is truly terrific. It needs a focusing tab, I'll fit one soon. enjoy Godfrey - flickr.com stream: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/ -- 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.
