I'm about to write "I'm outta here" and un subscribe to the list for a week agonizing over prints to bring , not quite packed, dirty dishes in sink and gotta watch WIlly Nelson at 9 pm...
But I'm glad I caught this one Ya nailed it! It looks to me like a bittern, Chris, Bring him to GFM (the bird, of course, not the picture ) :) ann ducks or maybe quacks (if anyone replies to this CC me please so I'll get it. thanks) Christian Skofteland wrote: > > Yes, it's another bird.... > > http://home.mindspring.com/~c_skofteland/id19.html > > The details: Two weeks ago, I decided to quit my job and take a week off > before the new one starts (my wife says I change job more often than I > change underwear...). The first day off (Monday) I decided to wander around > the lake and photograph the wildlife. What a day! Two kingfishers were > buzzing around catching fish. A sandpiper-like bird was running around a > mud flat, a great blue heron stopped in for some fishing. And about four or > five green herons joined the fray along with wood ducks, mallards, tons of > other birds and the ubiquitous Canada geese. Sadly, all were way out of > range of my 300mm w/1.4x TC (except the geese and mallards, but I'm sick of > them). I have about 90 pictures with 95% showing little dots that are > birds... I thought I could crop them but the detail was lost. However, the > little guy in this week's PAW landed close enough to get some good shots. > > shot with the D, Sigma AF 300mm F4 APO Macro and Sigma EX 1.4x TC mounted on > a tripod. ISO 200, F5.6 @1/160. Shot RAW and converted to TIFF with Pentax > PhotoLab. Slight crop and sharpening in PS 7.0. > > Christian Skofteland > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
