[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Very nice, Ann. And certainly fascinating. How long a lens did you have >mounted? >Paul > Thanks< Paul -- I used the 28-135 in digital lens terms - the longest lens I have... Ya know, Keith asked that too, and yet all the tech info is on the site under each photo - click on the exif link. where it says "more details" and a window drops down.
It tells the focal length I shot at, the 35mm equiv, the speed, etc... I didn't write anything in the description area of the file info part so there are no more details other than what I said in the captions. ann > -------------- Original message ---------------------- >From: ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>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. >> >> > > > > -- 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.
