There is a differense between Common Loons and Red Throated Loons. I the common tend to live in larger lakes, and the red throated live in a ponds. I wonder. Is the red throated better at taking of from a shorter run way? This could explain why they live in different envirement. Just an idea.
Define patience :-) I think the shot is result of roughly 70% patiense and 30% pure luck. Tim Typo Mostly Harmless ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Womer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2007 4:38 AM Subject: Re: PESO Challenger Beautiful shot, Tim! The panning and framing is excellent. We got back from New Hampshire 2 weeks ago, where we stayed on a lake that is home to common loons. They take off the same way--about 100 meters of splashing and flailing before they become airborne. It doesn't happen very often at all, and you were either very patient, very lucky, or both to shoot this! Rick --- Tim Øsleby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi gang. It is PESO time again!!! > > Some of you may have seen this. I know Dave and > Godfrey has because I asked > for some help on some photoshoping. > > I think the english name for this bird Red-throated > Loon. The title of the > picture may seem obvious, but there is a bit more to > it. So I litle > expanation may help. These birds are very adapted to > life in water. Because > of this, they have the legs on the lower regions of > their body. And this > makes them very clumsy when it comes to walking. > Unlike the pinguins thet > don't have a upright walk. I guess thats because > they are very shy, and > upright walking would have made them very exposed > towards enemies. > In fact they don't walk at all. So they basically > have flying mode, diving > mode ad swiming mode. So they have a major problem > going from swiming mode, > to flight. It takes a lot of preperations, and a lot > of energy. So it is > challenging, and every now and then, I expect they > fail (like Challenger > did). > > More than enough words, her it is > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=331054 > (My good site) > Panned with my faithful conpanions: K10D and > K-500/4,5, and gimbal mount. > 400 ISO, 1/250, and most likely f:8. > > Bricks, tomatoes, sugestions, or just shameless > praising, all appresiated. > > Tim Typo > Mostly Harmless > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ____________________________________________________________________________________ Moody friends. Drama queens. Your life? Nope! - their life, your story. Play Sims Stories at Yahoo! Games. http://sims.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.10/995 - Release Date: 08.09.2007 13:24 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
