A grey warbler came to visit our garden this evening. They're a very small bird, smaller than a sparrow. And they don't really stop moving. You usually hear them instead of seeing them (they have a wonderful song).
These aren't amazing but they're the best I managed to get from 22 photos. Both are very heavy crops, shot at 3200ISO so there's also a bit of noise. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1108/#peso http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1109/#peso Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6, both 1/500 at f/9.5 handheld. This AF with this camera/lens combination is terrible for little birds. The only way I can get it to lock on anything but the most obvious targets is to let it auto-select its AF point. In that case it'll focus on any old thing and it's a lottery as to whether your subject is actually in focus. But at least it mostly stops hunting. Cheers, Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
