Female red-winged blackbirds spend most of their time invisible in a mass of reeds. Yesterday's zoo trip -- hooray!, ponds with viewing platforms -- produced, along with about six male blackbirds crazed with spring and highly visible, one visible female.
http://picasaweb.google.com/graydonish/Blackbird#slideshow Taking pictures of songbirds generally makes me feel that f2.8 is very slow and 800mm is awfully short, but these mostly came out OK. 800mm/F8 Rokinon mirror lens, K20D, ISO200, tripod and cable release. Shutter speeds between 1/40 and 1/100. -- Graydon -- 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.
