Appears to have the makings of an outstanding shot. Was there, also, some foreground lighting? The tree with faint blue lower limbs begs the question. How one would deal with the lower background buildings and lighting is another matter.(?) Perhaps an extremely low angle with 'pod legs splayed virtually flat and shooting at a steeper angle to eliminate the background buildings/lights?
Jack --- On Wed, 1/26/11, Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> wrote: > From: Charles Robinson <charl...@visi.com> > Subject: PESO: Crows > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011, 10:43 AM > This is just a snapshot. There > is so much more I'd like to do with this idea if I can. > > Every night around sunset, it seems that every crow in > Minneapolis comes to a four-block area near downtown > Minneapolis to roost. > > I've seen them as I drive by - it's fascinating to watch > them all flocking in from everywhere as the sun sets. > > Thing of it is... they are keenly aware of photographers > approaching with tripods. They were quite skittish. > > What I ended up with was a photo of the 1/3 of them that > hadn't left by the time I had set the tripod down > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/IMGP7621.jpg > > ..and when I was shooting, I didn't notice they were on the > trees further back, so I have some revisiting to do so I can > place the camera properly. If there was some way to > stabilize the camera for a 15-second exposure without using > the tripod, I would. > > -Charles > > -- > Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com > Minneapolis, MN > http://charles.robinsontwins.org > http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
