On 10/12/05, Glen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After viewing the recent PESO "Winging It", I decided to show one of my > very latest images: > > http://webpages.charter.net/glenweb/gallery/Geese.jpg > > I named it "Geese", but I honestly don't know what these birds are. They > honked like geese, hence the name. ;) > > This was taken with my new Sigma 70-300mm f4-5.6 APO DG lens. I used the > 300mm focal length, which is an effective 450mm in 35mm SLR terms. I've > only had this lens for one day, and the weather has been very hazy and > overcast. That's definitely NOT what one wants when trying out an effective > 450mm telephoto lens. The original image was very low contrast, due to the > strong atmospheric haze. I used the "auto levels" feature in Photoshop > Elements to kick up the contrast to something approaching normal. > > I like this shot, but I realize it's far from perfect. If the weather had > been clear and bright, it could have been much nicer. I'm not sure what > sort of buoy that is floating in the lake. It didn't make it into this > shot, but there are actually three orange floats attached to the buoy -- > one for each "spoke" of the buoy. The leftmost float didn't make it into > the frame, but I don't think that really hurts the image. > > As always, comments negative and positive are welcomed, as long as they're > honest. ;)
okay i'll be honest. those look like canada geese. i hate canada geese. kinda nice pic, though... ;-) -frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
