A well executed cutie. I'm a big fan of loosely framed pictures with a feeling of the surroundings.
You have also been offered good advices on your balance problems. One third alternative is this http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&s ku=126663&is=REG&addedTroughType=search The Manfrotto 393/Bogen 3421 is a bit pricier than Godfrey suggestion, but it also gives you gimball features at a lower cost than the Wimberley or King Cobra. I have just ordered one. Most likely this will be continued later with some kind of user report. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Jay Taylor > Sent: 13. juni 2006 09:07 > To: [email protected] > Subject: PEOW:Marsh Wren > > On my customary weekend bird outing I managed to spot this little > guy. The light wasn't very good that morning plus I didn't arrive > till late. > I've been testing out the latest enablement - Benro C-327 tripod & > Markins M1 ballhead. I can see this type of shooting is going to take > some getting used to. Finding myself fumbling a bit with the ballhead > knobs and the fact that the FA*300 f4.5 (lacking tripod collar) + > 1.7X adapter is a bit unbalanced & front heavy forcing be to have to > compensate prior to locking the ball head down due to creep. That was > one of the reasons I thought I was getting the Markins (non-creep), > but I guess it would be different if the camera & lens were better > balanced. Guess I'll have to spring for that FA*400 to make the > setup worthwhile. Comments welcome as always. > > JayT > http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/61795135.lmWfhmfa.MarshWren1.jpg > *istDL/1/350s f/8.0 iso800/RAW/BibbleLite 4.7/CS > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
