Nice shot Bruce - I can understand your desire to keep the perch in the shot, and I agree that if you'd caught it a moment earlier, it would've been much better.
I've been playing around shooting a red-tailed hawk that hangs around by my work. I've only got the kit lens, which is barely sufficient to help me identify the hawk. I was thinking that maybe I'd pick up a cheap Takumar-A 70-200/f4, but maybe I want something longer still? The other alternative I've seen are FA 100-300/4.7-5.8 and FA 80-320/4.5-5.6, and a tamron 70-300/f4-5.6. I'm tempted by cheaper used MF telephotos and long zooms (like the Takumar, and A-200/f4), but I've been having trouble manually focusing my kit lens, and I'm wondering how good I'd be at it with a long lens, with smaller DOF. Part of the problem lies behind the eye-piece - I'm not convinced that my prescription is correct, so what I see as crisply focused may not actually be. I need to spend some time perfecting my MF technique, and figuring out the proper diopter setting for my right eye+contact.. jp >-----Original Message----- >From: Bruce Dayton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 5:23 AM >To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >Subject: PESO - Takeoff > >This morning when going on my walk, I decided to take the K >200/2.5 out. As I was walking up on this scene, there was a >hawk perched on a signpost. I set the exposure using the >green button technique way in advance, knowing that I would >have to act fast if he took off. Now I was wishing for the >400mm instead of this 200. Just couldn't get close enough >before he did take flight. > >Pentax *istD, Pentax K 200/2.5 >ISO 200, 1/1000 sec, Handheld > >http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_1762a.htm > >Converted from Raw to 16 bit Tiff using Capture One LE. >Cropped in PictureWindow Pro. Sized/sharpened for web using >BreezeBrowser Pro. > >Comments welcome > > >-- >Best regards, >Bruce > >
