On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:47:17PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote:
That much I'm sure of. I think it's some kind of sparrow. It was only a wee
bit bigger than the chickadees. In any case, I'm pleased in that the A400/5.6
doesn't seem to fringe as much with the K5 as it did with the other Pentax
I am particularly impressed by the precision of the focusing here...
On 11/21/2010 3:47 AM, paul stenquist wrote:
That much I'm sure of. I think it's some kind of sparrow. It was only
a wee bit bigger than the chickadees. In any case, I'm pleased in
that the A400/5.6 doesn't seem to fringe as
Not sure the species, but thats a fine shot.
Dave
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 8:47 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
That much I'm sure of. I think it's some kind of sparrow. It was only a wee
bit bigger than the chickadees. In any case, I'm pleased in that the A400/5.6
doesn't
Thanks Ann. It was the same size as a goldfinch. Perhaps a bit bigger than a
sparrow.
Paul
On Nov 21, 2010, at 1:03 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Walter Gilbert wrote:
Great shot! Looking through my Peterson's Field Guide, the closest match
I could find is the juvenile Slate-colored Junco,
Thanks. I was hoping someone would get out their book. I wasn't up to it last
night after carrying around that lens all afternoon:-)j.
Paul
On Nov 21, 2010, at 12:36 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Great shot! Looking through my Peterson's Field Guide, the closest match I
could find is the
After re-consulting Peterson's, I think you're right. Though, it
looks like it might be a house finch, due to the less contrasting
markings around the eye, and more squared-off tail feathers. Both, very
similar to a sparrow.
I could never be an ornithologist. Aside from the difficulty in
paul stenquist wrote:
Thanks Ann. It was the same size as a goldfinch. Perhaps a bit bigger than a sparrow.
Paul
I've found googling images with keywords to be really useful in
confirming one's suspicions...
the dicey part with them little finches is whether it is a house finch
or a purple
After re-consulting Peterson's, I think you're right. Though, it looks
like it
might be a house finch, due to the less contrasting markings around the
eye,
and more squared-off tail feathers. Both, very similar to a sparrow.
I could never be an ornithologist. Aside from the difficulty
On 2010-11-21 09:13 , Ann Sanfedele wrote:
the dicey part with them little finches is whether it is a house finch
or a purple finch... I think this is a female of one of those
i concur; if it were Denver i'd say house finch, but in Maine 30 years
ago i'd say purple finch -- you can
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Subject: Re: PESO - birdy
Wow, excellent. I think you got everything out of that lens that it has to
give. -T
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote
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Wow, excellent. I think you got everything out of that lens that it has to
give. -T
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Paul,
Very nice and close!
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:47 PM
That much I'm sure of. I think it's some kind of sparrow. It was only a wee bit
bigger than the chickadees. In any case, I'm pleased in that the A400/5.6
doesn't seem to fringe as much with the K5 as it did with the other Pentax
DSLRs. Or maybe I just got lucky. Not enough samples to say for
Paul,
Very nice and close!
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:47 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
That much I'm sure of. I think it's some kind of sparrow. It was only a wee
bit bigger than the chickadees. In any case, I'm pleased in that the A400/5.6
doesn't seem to
Wow, excellent. I think you got everything out of that lens that it
has to give.
-T
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Paul,
Very nice and close!
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 7:47 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net
wrote:
That
Great shot! Looking through my Peterson's Field Guide, the closest
match I could find is the juvenile Slate-colored Junco, which is indeed
a sparrow. Then again, it could be any number of sparrows. I'm just
going by the pretty pictures in the birdy book.
-- Walt
On 11/20/2010 7:47 PM,
Walter Gilbert wrote:
Great shot! Looking through my Peterson's Field Guide, the closest
match I could find is the juvenile Slate-colored Junco, which is
indeed a sparrow. Then again, it could be any number of sparrows.
I'm just going by the pretty pictures in the birdy book.
-- Walt
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