Wow! That is one sharp Promaster! Nice images of a tough subject. Jack Davis________________________________ http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/
----- Original Message ----- From: Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 6:02 PM Subject: Re: GESO: Hummingbird - 8/7/12 Thank you, Rick. I was lamenting the presence of the feeder in the photos just the other night, and how I wish I could find a better, or more natural-looking kind of feeder to attract them. I hadn't thought about baiting actual flowers. I'll see what I can come up with. Thanks for the idea! -- Walt On 8/12/2012 12:39 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > I like these. > > If you could figure out a way to disguise the feeder, or put some nectar > inside some real flowers, you could have some truly killer shots. > > Rick > > http://photo.net/photos/RickW > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Walt Gilbert <[email protected]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, August 7, 2012 11:42 AM > Subject: GESO: Hummingbird - 8/7/12 > > This little guy appears to being growing accustomed to my presence near the > feeder. It won't be long before I can park myself right under it and get some > great close-ups. There are others who visit the yard, so I'm considering > getting another feeder or two. > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157630955110246/ > > Taken with my K20D fitted with the Promaster 70-300 f/4-5.6 > > And, yes, I've been told not to use the nectar with the red dye, so I'll go > to plain simple syrup when this nectar runs out. I just assumed that, being > labeled as "hummingbird nectar" it was OK to use for hummingbird nectar. > > Comments and suggestions welcome as always! > > -- Walt > > -- 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.
