On Sun, 22 Jul 2018 19:12:05 +0200 Alan C <[email protected]> wrote: > A great shot nevertheless, Subash. Common on the Highveld in SA. A > well known roadside bird which uses poles as vantage points. An > amazing hoverer. That Sigma is very good at 500mm, certainly better > than mine.
thanks Alan. not so common here. yes, as you say, a great hoverer and my son's got a nice photo of that (with the 55-300)... > On 22-Jul-18 03:44 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > my first shot of a raptor :), the black-winged kite, though the > > background of the rather grey monsoon skies couldn't be helped. > > > > https://somethingfeathered.wordpress.com/2018/07/22/black-winged-kite/ > > k5iis, sigma 150-500 OS HSM, @500 handheld, f/10, 1/640s, ISO 320. -- 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.

