#3, 'cause of the second OOF bird in there. And the real tight DOF on the front bird. Just real nice.
#6, because of the diagonal roof. It makes a really strong comp, imho. The little sparrow (I don't know birds for sh**, but I know sparrows <g>) is nice and sharp, and I like the way it's about 1/4 turned toward the camera - plays nicely with the roofline. And, finally, that deep blue sky is gorgeous - contrasts very nicely with the white roof - although I just looked again, and it might be an eavestrough. BTW, I really like the crackling paint on the trough - nice texture. A real winner, this one.
thanks, frank
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From: "Herb Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PAW - birds and long lenses Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 18:18:37 -0500
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the first three were taken with my *istD at ISO 200 using my FA* 400 f5.6
with the Pentax A1.4X-L and then cropped exactly 50%. that means a total
effective FOV of 400mm * 1.4 * 1.5 * 2.0 = 1680mm. the second three were
taken with *istD at ISO 800 using my FA* 400 f5.6 with the Sigma AF APO 2.0
extender and then cropped 50% too. that is an effective FOV of 400mm * 2.0 *
1.5 * 2.0 = 2400. all were taken this weekend in the Hudson Valley region of
NY State.
Herb....
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