Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-17 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 11/14/2005 3:04:19 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Took a walk in the woods this afternoon with the *istD, the A400/5.6, an A2X-S converter and the Sigma 500Super with Kirk flash extender. All of it on a monopod. ISO 800, f5.6 @ 1/500th, flash set to high-s

Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-16 Thread pnstenquist
Hi Gaurav, Thanks for the comment. I wasn't very close. Probably about forty feet from the Cardinal and about thirty feet from the ducks. I used an A400/5.6 lens with an A2XS teleconverter. I had the camera on a monopod and used the Sigma Super flash on high speed synch setting with the Kirby Fl

Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-16 Thread frank theriault
On 11/14/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops! The two URLs should be: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879093&size=lg > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879099&size=lg > Paul I like 'em both a lot, but the cardinal one is my fave - just because I like car

Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-16 Thread Gaurav Aggarwal
Hi Paul, Great shots. Like them a lot! How close do you get to the birds? Do you handhold? And what lens did you use with the *istD? Thanks! Gaurav On 11/14/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oops! The two URLs should be: > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879093&size=lg >

Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
What you're seeing is fringing due to the high contrast against the white sky. It's common with long lenses on digital cameras. I neutralized some of it, but left the least offensive bits. Paul On Nov 14, 2005, at 9:30 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Nov 14, 2005, at 5:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wro

Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-14 Thread Shel Belinkoff
hi Paul quite a number of years ago i got two mallard ducklings to keep around the house for pets and to keep the garden clear of snails and slugs. i named them dunker and bugsy, dunker because he really loved thrashing about in the little pond i built for them, and bugsy because she ate the

Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Nov 14, 2005, at 5:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879093&size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879099&size=lg A bit of CA on the cardinal shot. Hmm. "But they're just birds..." LOL. ]'-) Godfrey

Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Shel. They are pretty birds. I find the hens most interesting. (Note straight-man setup for Cotty :-).This is probably a nesting area, so it's interesting to see how well the female blends into the landscape. Paul On Nov 14, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: mallards ... one of m

Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-14 Thread Paul Stenquist
Oops! The two URLs should be: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879093&size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879099&size=lg Paul And thanks for the comment and the heads-up, David. On Nov 14, 2005, at 6:34 PM, David Savage wrote: Both the same photo Paul. But I found t

RE: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-14 Thread Shel Belinkoff
mallards ... one of my favorite ducks. good snap! Shel "You meet the nicest people with a Pentax" > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stenquist > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879093&size=lg > http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879093&size=lg

Re: PESO: Walk in the Woods

2005-11-14 Thread David Savage
Both the same photo Paul. But I found the Cardinal :-): http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3879099 I like the one of the ducks. Dave On 11/15/05, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Took a walk in the woods this afternoon with the *istD, the A400/5.6, > an A2X-S converter and t