graywolf wrote: >The squirrelly one is nice. I presume that the distance between them is >farther >than it looks, because squirrel is even tastier than pigeon. However, as they >say a bird in talon is better than a squirrel in the tree... > yup - objects in photo are farther apart than they apppear - but not by much... the hawk was pretty stuffed full of pigeon by that time but also it would have fallen if he let go... so squirrel wasn't in quite so much danger.
thanks to all youse guys that said nice things about the pics while I was sleeping :) it was nice to wake up to. ann > > >ann sanfedele wrote: > > >> This didn't seem to get through to the list before - so I'm trying again >> >> >> >>Today a friend called to tell me there was a redtail hawk in a tree in >>Tompkins Square Park - just a block from my apt >>I had just changed batteries in my dark side camera and cleared a cf >>card - out I dashed. >> >>Stuff is too grainy for stock, alas, and even with image stabilizer it >>could have been sharper, but it was lots of >>fun - I think these three are the best I got - >> >>There were about 6 of us with glass that had enough reach - including >>one guy with a 300 mm shooting film who >>was a knowledgeable birder... >> >>Of the people who stopped to look over the course of about an hour at >>least half of them pointed out the "owl" >>to their friends - and many of the rest of us chimed in with the >>correct id.... >> >>For a while the hawk just sat there grasping the dead pigeon - finally >>he started to dine - funny to hear the kids >>watching going 'euweee' and "ick" >> >>I know I didn't get the best shots - my auto focus messed me up a couple >>of times and my unsteadiness did as well. >>But it was such fun... I hadn't been out shooting for a while. >> >>anyway --- >> >>http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371/1/217347394/Large >>http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371/1/217347584/Large >>http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371/1/217347692/Large >> >>ann >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
