>One of > the big objections I have with bird pics is that so many of them, > regardless of how well executed they are, are rehashes of the same photo - > a bird sitting on a branch with a blurred background.
Agreed Shel. Once you've got the 'basic bird' shot, the next level involves capturing the bird in some sort of unique activity or composition. I recently saw just such a shot from an old boss of mine. He had captured two egrets with their necks crossed and below the necks were three young ones in their nest. Definitely a next level image. BTW he won a fairly large local competition with that image. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PDML" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, June 24, 2006 6:16 PM Subject: PESO - MIssed Opportunity > Hi gang, > > This morning I decided to try my unsteady hand at bird photography. One > of > the big objections I have with bird pics is that so many of them, > regardless of how well executed they are, are rehashes of the same photo - > a bird sitting on a branch with a blurred background. They can be great, > showing wonderful detail, and showing off the technical excellence of long > glass, auto focus, and perhaps even fast frame rates. However, I wanted to > try something different. > > Birds are often fast moving, creatures of action, but they can also be > creatures of habit. The various jays at my friend Zeo's house come by for > peanuts, so this morning a few peanuts were laid out, and I got close with > an old manual focus lens, slipped the DS into manual mode, and went at it > hand held. So, for better or for worse, here's my first bird picture. > > http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/Birds/missed.html > > istDS, 1/250 sec, f/4.0, K135/2.5 hand held > > Comments, crits welcome ... > > > Shel > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
