I think loping off a good portion of the left side, keeping the Egret just right of center, would greatly benefit the image. Also, afraid I'd have to despeckle the water some.
Jack --- Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P. J. Alling wrote: > > Took my new rig into the woods, effective focal length 510mm (765mm > for > > rule of thumb purposes). Shutter speed 1/400. Not too bad, but > severe > > bloom around the Egret. I wasn't the steadiest today too much > coffee. > > Still managed to get mostly shake free long telephoto shots even > with > > shutter speeds down to 1/100. But this one was one of the more > > interesting shots. (I didn't get the Osprey in the air, I didn't > see it > > until it was too far away). > > > > > http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20egretfishing.html > > > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 w/smc F 1.7x AF > > converter. > > > > I like the reflection and position of the bird. Cropping would > pretty > much ruin the reflection unless you cropped vertical, but then I > don't > think it would have the same impact. > > -- > > Christian > http://photography.skofteland.net > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! http://surveylink.yahoo.com/gmrs/yahoo_panel_invite.asp?a=7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
