That was good service

I would say courting Great shots!

They do fish... I once saw one with a "Fishing Rod" he wasn't
very bright he was trying to use the rod like a spear


See here:

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=67145

I too was expecting a thread about dressing up!

I've given in to temptation and ordered a 150-500mm off SRS. With the K-5 I should be able to stop down to around f/9.5 most of the time. I'll have to see how it compares to the Tokina 80-400mm.

I don't know if you are aware of it, but things loose in a polystyrene box can't get broken. There's no need to pack them with tissue paper etc so that they can't move. They showed it years ago on a TV program called "Tomorrows World". They put an egg into a polystyrene box and threw it onto the hard studio floor from the top of an 8ft stepladder. Then they did the same with an expensive bone china teapot and nothing broke

The good thing about building your own lightboxes is that if your making one that uses Quartz bulbs, you can add a small cabinet for "Warming Pies"

You've managed to show how nice and what a pleasure to use slide film can be.

Isn't Airsure just the word of the Postman that he has delivered the item?

About as reliable as taking the word of a baggage handler at a UK airport that he put
your luggage on the plane...... Honest Guv!

Makers website:
http://www.gem-bags.com/index.asp

or this for £25 link

Excellent results with the new lens

The colour balance on the last two looks off... the birds
feet are too blue? Auto white balance gets a bit confused under
the green light of trees and uses Fluorescent