[Fwd: mini GESO: watch the birdie]

[keith_w]

ann sanfedele wrote:
>   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

I really like them, Ann...
Which Rebel do you have? What I really want to know is, what are the 
lens particulars?

keith whaley