On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:04 -0800, "Jack Davis" <jdavi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Was at a local northern California lake with the intention of > "practicing" my photo panning. Quite a few Sea Gulls frequent said lake, > but only in the winter. Must be the storms at sea that encourages them to > move inland. This lake is surrounded with french fry munching folks, who > bring their drive-through lunches and check out the bird life. > Happened to get this as it passed a darkened shadow area background. Was > dark enough that it didn't take much shopping to produce the one you see. > I included, perhaps, a little more black background than necessary, but I > wanted to make it a more significant part of the scene for whatever > impact it might have. Bumps the emotion a tad for me. >
That's really nice - the black background works well. Would be a tad nicer if the edges of the bird's feathers in the black areas were just a little more defined, although that could possibly be my monitor. In any case - great! Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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.
