Looking forward to your beaver shot. Need a URL! Paul On May 15, 2010, at 8:56 PM, frank theriault wrote:
> Okay, so these aren't great photos, especially as compared to the > wildlife photographers on this list, but I'm still pretty happy with > them. > > Took a walk down to the lake this evening and not much was happening. > > Walked up to a pond near the lake, and saw a beaver! Who knew? > Beavers in Toronto... > > I think it's the first time I've ever seen a beaver in the "wild" (if > a pond near Toronto can be said to be wild). These were the only two > half-decent ones I got, as it spent much of it's time obscured by a > bush eating fresh green shoots. After it's meal, it snipped of a > branch and (as you can see) took it into the water. Then it dove and > that was the last time I saw it. Waited for about 10 minutes for it > to re-surface, but to no avail. > > Then I saw this lovely little blue and orange fellow. Any ideas as to > what it is? They were tiny and spent much of their time whizzing > about at high speed catching (I assume) bugs. > > All photos taken at ISO 3200 as it was getting dark. *istD, Sigma > f3.5 50-200 manual focus zoom, Manfrotto monopod. > > Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > 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.
