[Fwd: mini GESO: watch the birdie]

[pnstenquist at comcast.net]

Very nice, Ann. And certainly fascinating. How long a lens did you have mounted?
Paul
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From: ann sanfedele <annsan at nyc.rr.com>
> graywolf wrote:
> 
> >The squirrelly one is nice. I presume that the distance between them is farther 
> >than it looks, because squirrel is even tastier than pigeon. However, as they 
> >say a bird in talon is better than a squirrel in the tree...
> >
> yup - objects in photo are farther apart than they apppear - but not by 
> much...  the hawk was pretty stuffed
> full of pigeon by that time but also it would have fallen if he let 
> go... so squirrel wasn't in quite so much danger.
> 
> thanks to all youse guys that said nice things about the pics while I 
> was sleeping :)   it was nice to wake up to.
> 
> ann
> 
> >
> >
> >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
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