Hi Paul No wonder I had no success trying to get some nice frog portraits 4 weeks ago with the A 70-210mm zoom and AF280T if I look at the nice equipment you use! The frogs flee as soon as you move a bit, I tried for about half an hour from a distance of about 4 meters and had to give up.
Nice frog. It may be a princess too ? greetings Markus >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Paul Stenquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 12:42 PM >>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net >>Subject: PESO: Sigma Super + magnifier + high speed synch >> >> >>I went to the nature center yesterday to try the Sigma 500 Super and >>high speed synch with a Kalt flash magnifier attached. The magnifier is >>intended for lenses of 300mm or longer. I used my A 400/5.6 on the >>*istD. I had hoped to get some birds, but they were in hiding for the >>most part. I ended up shooting some wildflowers and a frog at the edge >>of a pond. The wildflower is about the range for a nice bird shot. The >>frog is a bit closer. The flower is f8 @ 1/1500. The frog is 5.6, >>1/1500. I like the performance of the magnifier. It should give me a >>reach of close to 100 feet even in daylight. Thanks to Bill Sawyer for >>turning me on to that unit. The frog shows some specular highlights. I >>decided not to PhotoShop them out of there, because I kind of like >>them. I suspect that he's actually a prince. >> http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3469495&size=lg >>http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3469504 >>Paul >> >>
