On 5/2/05, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi; > > Didn't see this reach the list, but if it has, I appologize for the > duplication. > > Three shots of birds I made this weekend at the Delaware shore. It was a > crummy, windy, misty, overcast day so the colors are extremely muted. I > tried to "punch it up" a bit and I'm not sure the outcome worked. I also > thought about a B&W conversion but didn't like the way it looked either. > > two shots of willets (a type of wading bird like a sandpiper) > http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=25 > > http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=24 > > and a ring-billed gull in flight: > http://www.skofteland.net/displayimage.php?album=1&pos=10 > > comments always welcome. >
Whatsa matter, Skofteland, 'fraid to tell us what camera you used? Like we won't know yer out there playing wiff yer nu toy? <LOL> I'm not sure I should comment until you come clean (but I will). The two willets is a terrific photo. The others are very good, that one's the best by far. Beautitful symmetry, both the birds and the reflections. Love the OOF bird - it's just right, IMHO. I think using Pentax lenses would have made it just a teeny bit better, but I'm picking nits here <vbg>. Seriously, you're now going to tell us that you used like a 400mm lens handheld at like 1/60th, right? <LOL> Well done (no matter what camera you used, as it's the photographer who takes the photo, not the equipment - no smiley there...). cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
