This didn't seem to get through to the list before - so I'm trying again
Today a friend called to tell me there was a redtail hawk in a tree in Tompkins Square Park - just a block from my apt I had just changed batteries in my dark side camera and cleared a cf card - out I dashed. Stuff is too grainy for stock, alas, and even with image stabilizer it could have been sharper, but it was lots of fun - I think these three are the best I got - There were about 6 of us with glass that had enough reach - including one guy with a 300 mm shooting film who was a knowledgeable birder... Of the people who stopped to look over the course of about an hour at least half of them pointed out the "owl" to their friends - and many of the rest of us chimed in with the correct id.... For a while the hawk just sat there grasping the dead pigeon - finally he started to dine - funny to hear the kids watching going 'euweee' and "ick" I know I didn't get the best shots - my auto focus messed me up a couple of times and my unsteadiness did as well. But it was such fun... I hadn't been out shooting for a while. anyway --- http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371/1/217347394/Large http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371/1/217347584/Large http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371/1/217347692/Large ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
