> > From: "John Whittingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2007/02/17 Sat PM 12:32:57 GMT > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: Re: PESO: Female Cormorant > > On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 22:28:21 +0000, mike wilson wrote > > > > Nip over to the Farnes in about two months' time. You can get right > > up to the nest with a ~100mm macro lens. I've only got shots on > > film that do not scan adequately. It is the most gorgeous emerald > > green with a radiating pattern. > > > > When you get bored with that, you can try to catch puffins in flight. > > It's strange how they tolerate people, don't you think? Mind you they have > been around since the last ice age, or so I've been told. Not sure I'm up to > catching puffins in flight 8)
You do need a decent sized lens to catch them, otherwise they can evade you easily. I find that the 300/2.8 stuns them nicely. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
