A Bohemian feast and a dead Sigma

[Wicked Dark]

sorry about your lens, sweetie. I know the frustration. One of my old manual lenses is very touchy and I know it needs adjustment, whenever I get into a groove of using it, I have to stop. Bah.

but the shot is terrific. Good islolation of the subject and great focus. the crest being up is such a treat.

[Marko]

Just lovely Donna! Dig the play in shot 2 as well!

[aubintbay]

Very nice! Well worth the effort. Too bad about the lense though.

[edG]

lovely capture and interesting post work Donna, sorry to hear of your lens issue.

[Donna]

Thank you all so much! ... for the supportive comments and lending an ear to my little rant ... I feel a lot better now that I got that out of my system . I usually tend to keep things bottled up .

Andrew , you are bang on about always having that fear in the back of the mind when using the lens now ... Kinda takes the fun out of using it .
I hope for everone else's sake , that the majority of their lens are good , but I'll not be risking my money on them again .

Hillbillygirl , I hope that you will get the chance to get out there and capture some of those lovely creatures ... Pretty slim pickin's around here for the berry eating birds this year . With last summers drought and all the forest fires around us ... the summer birds and the Bears ate the majority of the berries before they were even ripe .