The bird was in almost complete silhouette. I'd have needed a flash with pretty large guide number to have lit up his underside. ;-) I was pleased to have gotten the slightest hint of red and the slightest glint of beak detail. I don't consider either of the vulture shots to be successes, but I do like what the sun is doing with the feather tips.
Jack Jack --- Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is something to be seen in the feathers that are lit up, but > I'd > still like to see the head clearly. I suspect you need some pretty > serious equipment to really do it justice. > > -- > Bruce > > > Saturday, October 6, 2007, 11:14:36 AM, you wrote: > > JD> This is just another shot of a California "Turkey" Vulture with > the sun > JD> lighting up its feathers. > JD> I only slightly lightened the shadows and kind of prefer this > version > JD> for a couple reasons. Pretty heavily cropped. Same equipment. > JD> This shot isn't one for which I have glorious plans..just is of > current > JD> mild interest. > > JD> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=241 > > JD> As always, all comments welcome > > JD> Jack > > > > > > JD> > JD> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > JD> Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch > JD> previews, get listings, and more! > JD> http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
