Before Walt leaves for Kentucky tomorrow, I brought him down to twin lakes beach / Schwann lagoon to see if we could find any cormorants. Just before dark, I saw an osprey flying with a fish in its talons. Shortly thereafter a cormorant landed in the same tree, not far away. I spent some time shooting from across the lagoon with my 300/2.8 adaptall and its 2x TC. Just as the light was fading, I realized that if I walked around the lagoon I could get a lot closer, and in the fading light, I'd do better with the 300/2.8 from 100 feet below rather than 500 feet away across the lagoon.
I wasn't having tremendously good luck, I even tried the pop-up flash on the K-5. Just as I was walking away, I remembered I had my AF540 in my pack. It took a few tries to get it to even fire, but once I did, and bumped up the ISO to 4,000, I got some decent shots. You gonna finish that? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570042123/in/set-72157626252702803/ whatcha lookin at? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570302097/ demon cormorant http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570302411/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570303399/ The flash didn't fire, so I played with with the shot a bit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570303399/ These and a few more that I've picked out are in this set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626252702803/ I've learned that for birding, especially late in the day, a monopod just isn't enough. I'm gaining more respect for how skill, and equipment, intensive birding is, and will probably stick with something easy, like photographing dancers in dark rooms. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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.
