You may recall I put up a trap focus "frozen finch" image several months back. Same shape feeder used, but made of screen wire rather than what appears to be plastic. Thistle seeds pulled through the screen at a surprising rate. Have counted up to 10 finches on the feeder at the same time. Interesting "pose". Soft somewhat grainy texture..a matter of style.
Jack --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A friend gave me a goldfinch feeder and a bag of thistle seed. The > feeder requires the birds to eat hanging upside down. Apparently, > goldfinches are among the few species that can do this. After a few > weeks, I now have a flock of goldfinches that visits on a regular > basis. They're very small and easily spooked. They don't seem to > alight > on branches near the feeder, so "natural" shots are not likely. So > today I set up the *istD with the A400/5.6 and the A2XS converter. I > attached a remote shutter release, so I could shoot down to 1/90th or > > so. I think this was at 5.6 @ 1/90th, ISO 400. It's cropped to about > half the frame. On the tripod of course. > > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4575075 > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
