Thanks much, Don. I just try to pick up the bird in time to get in a position to focus and track it as it passes. In actuality, the background wasn't nearly that dark. In was a stand of Redwoods, as I recall, which were casting some fairly deep shadows, but allowing a few open lighter areas as well. I left it to luck and continuous focus and drive. It's a heavy crop of an est'd 15% of the frame.
Jack --- On Fri, 1/28/11, Don Guthrie <shark50...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Don Guthrie <shark50...@gmail.com> > Subject: re: Subject: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull > To: pdml@pdml.net > Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 2:09 PM > > Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:04:50 > -0800 (PST) > > From: Jack Davis <jdavi...@yahoo.com> > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <pdml@pdml.net> > > Subject: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull > > Message-ID: <476296.85044...@web130122.mail.mud.yahoo.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > 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. > > > > Jack > > > > comments most welcome! > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=560 > > > > K20, DA 55~300@300mm, f/6.7, 1/1000, ISO 400, hand > held > > > > Nice job exposing and focusing against the black > background> Very novel > and refreshing wildlife. ....DG > > -- > 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.
