Thanks mate. The lens is good, but I'd love to have a longer focal length. It's hard to get shots of moving creatures with the 50mm as you have to get physically close. I did manage to spend about 3 hours harrassing the bees in the garden today without getting stung though. :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Walters" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 6:54 PM Subject: Re: PESO - It must bee spring
> Yes - really top shot. I particularly like the sharpness of the > reticulated patten on the wing and the grains of yellow pollen on the > legs. > > A very busy little bugger..... > > How do you like the 50 mm on the DL? I have a 90 mm Tamron that I like a > lot on the DS but I've recently obtained an old (but nice) 50 mm macro > Takumar that I'll be trying out over the next few weeks. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > > > Quoting Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Wow! Excellent shot. I have followed bees around in the past and >> never got anything I was really happy with. Thanks for sharing. >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Bruce >> >> >> Monday, September 11, 2006, 10:00:27 PM, you wrote: >> >> JaKM> Spring has finally sprung here in the Southern Hemisphere, so >> I'd thought >> JaKM> I'd try my first PESO post. This was shot with my Sigma 50mm >> manual focus >> JaKM> macro on the *istDL. >> > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Get a spam free email account - Visit http://www.bluebottle.com > > > -- > 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
