Bob, I managed to catch it in flight in between dives just fine but even though I was aboard a boat it was too far away for my humble 250 mm. Also, the pictures are all terribly soft, even with the bird dead center in the sweet spot and stopped down to f/8 so I am not sure if they were OOF or if the lens needs TLC. I'll have to find a way to stake it out so my biggest question is do they return to the same spot every once in a while like dragonflies or do they just randomly scoot about? Thanks, Ecke
2012/5/30 Bob Sullivan <[email protected]>: > Ecke, > I believe they are fishing birds, diving into the water. > My only shots of them are standing on posts in the water, wings spread > to dry-out. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Underpaid N. Overpentaxed > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Sighted my first ever cormorant this weekend and it seems to have >> taken up a spot close to where I live. I managed to get some shots >> with the DA*60-250 but they're all not quite tack sharp so I need to >> focus check that lens but also need to find that cormorant again in >> order to get a good shot and finally become a "full patch PDMLer" =) >> Therefore, I'll appreciate any advice from the experienced what kind >> of places a cormorant would choose as temporary residence, if any and >> also what their active hours are, etc. I have a whole weekend to try >> this so whatever you can throw my way will hopefully help me >> Cheers >> Ecke >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
