On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 05:52:45AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: > On Tue, May 14, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Sometimes, one can get a surprisingly good clear photo of a wild bird > > with a 35mm lens. > > > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8737901916/ > > How did you get that close?
Baby bird was just sitting on top of the hedge next to the sidewalk. It seemed to think that nobody else existed for any purpose other than to feed it. It's sibling was a little more shy and stayed inside the hedge. Momma bird was going apeshit, divebombing everybody that walked past, and doing a great job of calling attention to her babies. My friend might even have gotten a picture of me photographing baby with Momma sitting on my head. > > > I did change to the 18-250 about halfway through the set, if folks are > > interested: > > > > http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157633476487025/ > > Nice! The 18-250 is almost as sharp as the 35, except all the way out > at 250. The 18-250 is a surprisingly sharp lens. combine that with you'll need to crop a lot less with it than you will with a prime, and when the dust settles, you're likely to end up with nearly as good of resolution. I think that this is my best shot with the Tammy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8737908132/ > -- > Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ > <*> <*> <*> > Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html > > -- > 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. -- Larry Colen [email protected] http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
