Cardiff Pond
by Prism

Comment by Denise:
beautiful reflcetion

Black Magic
by Prism

Comment by lostside:
nice idea

Cardiff Pond
by Prism

Comment by dulfingurl:
The sky is clearer in the reflection than in actuality - amazing photo!

Black Magic
by Prism

Comment by mileskea:
IMHO the bottle and brush detract from the red point

Black Magic
by Prism

Comment by Jammur:
Now we have to determine if this is a point or a blob of color.
From me.... 9

Black Magic
by Prism

Comment by Melethia:
Just a tad too dark on my monitor. I can't tell what the red bit is attached to. The lettering on the jar is fine, though.

Black Magic
by Prism

Comment by hotpasta:
I like it, very dramatic...

Waiting
by Prism

Comment by icu1965:
Another bird that I have never had the pleasure of catching myself. I like the pose and the nice shade of blue of the sky.

Wild Strawberry Blossoms
by Prism

Comment by icu1965:
Great lighting and detail. Too bad you didn't get that bug into focus, my eye went straight to it when I opened this up.

American Robin
by Prism

Comment by spiritualspatula:
I'm not familiar with the Pentax system, but on my Nikon body, even if I'm using Manual focus, the camera will tell me if it "thinks" I am actually in focus (basically it says if I am focused in the same manner that it would autofocus the scene) via a small green dot in the viewfinder (this shows up when I'm using an autofocus lens and set it to manual, so admittedly I'm not positive it would show up if I were to slap a manual focus on there). Granted, it isn't always possible to watch for this specifically, given how birds often move, but robins are a perfect test subject to check this out on, since they (around here at least) aren't terribly skittish. Maybe instead of spending your hard earned cash on an autofocus lens you could put some of your hard-earned patience to use as well and become a bird stalker! My experience has been that patience will help immensely regardless of what equipment you are using when trying to chase down wily birds. Sure, longer reach helps immensely, but given enough time, you can walk right up to them (unless we're speaking of swallows, in which case you have no hope but a sunken bank account!). Not sure what focal length you shot at, but given the range of your lens, I would assume you could get a closer crop if you crept around after your subject a bit, although the spruces projecting into the frame on either side do look rather nice.

Message edited by author 2008-06-18 08:18:22.