Re: PESO: Loon Shot(s)
The loon is the official bird of the Province of Ontario. Nothing says north woods like the loon. That haunting cry across a still morning lake is unforgettable. Beautiful images, Stan, especially the first one. Reminds me of youthful summers at the cottage. Thanks. Cheers, frank On 21 July, 2014 10:30:38 PM EDT, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: After almost two weeks at our cabin on Long Lake, I finally had a chance to get reasonably upclose and personal with one of our neighborhood loons. The wind wave action was not ideal, he bobbed around quite a bit and made focusing difficult. But he stayed long enough that I had many opportunities to try and get it right. The first shot is a traditional semi-profile, the second is a bit different. Enjoy! Tech details: K-3, PK DA*300/4.0 + DA1.4x teleconverter. ISO100, 1/320 @ f/6.3 and 1/125 @ f/6.3 respectively. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ea1a9470 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e25412f09 “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- 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.
Re: PESO: Loon Shot(s)
There are far too many loons on this list. Who go out and seek more? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:03 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Thanks Rick! Enjoy your time with these special birds. stan On Jul 22, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Richard Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice. I love loons (plan to be among the avian variety in 3 weeks), but they're very hard to shoot. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: After almost two weeks at our cabin on Long Lake, I finally had a chance to get reasonably upclose and personal with one of our neighborhood loons. The wind wave action was not ideal, he bobbed around quite a bit and made focusing difficult. But he stayed long enough that I had many opportunities to try and get it right. The first shot is a traditional semi-profile, the second is a bit different. Enjoy! Tech details: K-3, PK DA*300/4.0 + DA1.4x teleconverter. ISO100, 1/320 @ f/6.3 and 1/125 @ f/6.3 respectively. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ea1a9470 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e25412f09 -- 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. -- 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.
Re: PESO: Loon Shot(s)
On Jul 21, 2014, at 10:30 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: After almost two weeks at our cabin on Long Lake, I finally had a chance to get reasonably upclose and personal with one of our neighborhood loons. The wind wave action was not ideal, he bobbed around quite a bit and made focusing difficult. But he stayed long enough that I had many opportunities to try and get it right. The first shot is a traditional semi-profile, the second is a bit different. Enjoy! Tech details: K-3, PK DA*300/4.0 + DA1.4x teleconverter. ISO100, 1/320 @ f/6.3 and 1/125 @ f/6.3 respectively. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ea1a9470 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e25412f09 I like the richness as well as the sharp focus of both images. Surprised that at ISO 100 and 1/320 you had enough light for the first . Regards, -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful? - Mary Oliver -- 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.
Re: PESO: Loon Shot(s)
Thanks Eric (and others). Actually, the first one (and all of the ones in my first 5 minutes or so of shooting) was underexposed and adjusted in LR later. I had had exposure compensation set to -1.3 for some shots of the sunset the evening before. I saw the loon, came in to get my camera, mount the extender and lens, set mode to AV, checked the ISO. Got the tripod, went out on the dock, saw that I was getting decent shutter speeds with that ISO, started shooting. Once I realized he would be there a while, I took a deep breath and re-checked including a look at the histograms to verify that the exposure was about right. Oops! Zeroed the compensation and went on with the shooting. I considered upping the ISO at that point to get back to a higher speed but decided not to do that. A total of about 120 shots over a 15 minute time span around 6:00pm. Fifteen or so keepers in the set. stan On Jul 23, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jul 21, 2014, at 10:30 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: After almost two weeks at our cabin on Long Lake, I finally had a chance to get reasonably upclose and personal with one of our neighborhood loons. The wind wave action was not ideal, he bobbed around quite a bit and made focusing difficult. But he stayed long enough that I had many opportunities to try and get it right. The first shot is a traditional semi-profile, the second is a bit different. Enjoy! Tech details: K-3, PK DA*300/4.0 + DA1.4x teleconverter. ISO100, 1/320 @ f/6.3 and 1/125 @ f/6.3 respectively. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ea1a9470 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e25412f09 I like the richness as well as the sharp focus of both images. Surprised that at ISO 100 and 1/320 you had enough light for the first . Regards, -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful? - Mary Oliver -- 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.
Re: PESO: Loon Shot(s)
Actually, the first one (and all of the ones in my first 5 minutes or so of shooting) was underexposed and adjusted in LR later. Way better than than overexposed. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Subject: Re: PESO: Loon Shot(s) Thanks Eric (and others). Actually, the first one (and all of the ones in my first 5 minutes or so of shooting) was underexposed and adjusted in LR later. I had had exposure compensation set to -1.3 for some shots of the sunset the evening before. I saw the loon, came in to get my camera, mount the extender and lens, set mode to AV, checked the ISO. Got the tripod, went out on the dock, saw that I was getting decent shutter speeds with that ISO, started shooting. Once I realized he would be there a while, I took a deep breath and re-checked including a look at the histograms to verify that the exposure was about right. Oops! Zeroed the compensation and went on with the shooting. I considered upping the ISO at that point to get back to a higher speed but decided not to do that. A total of about 120 shots over a 15 minute time span around 6:00pm. Fifteen or so keepers in the set. stan On Jul 23, 2014, at 4:32 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jul 21, 2014, at 10:30 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: After almost two weeks at our cabin on Long Lake, I finally had a chance to get reasonably upclose and personal with one of our neighborhood loons. The wind wave action was not ideal, he bobbed around quite a bit and made focusing difficult. But he stayed long enough that I had many opportunities to try and get it right. The first shot is a traditional semi-profile, the second is a bit different. Enjoy! Tech details: K-3, PK DA*300/4.0 + DA1.4x teleconverter. ISO100, 1/320 @ f/6.3 and 1/125 @ f/6.3 respectively. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ea1a9470 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e25412f09 I like the richness as well as the sharp focus of both images. Surprised that at ISO 100 and 1/320 you had enough light for the first . Regards, -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net What does it mean...that the world is so beautiful? - Mary Oliver -- 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.
Re: PESO: Loon Shot(s)
Very nice. I love loons (plan to be among the avian variety in 3 weeks), but they're very hard to shoot. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: After almost two weeks at our cabin on Long Lake, I finally had a chance to get reasonably upclose and personal with one of our neighborhood loons. The wind wave action was not ideal, he bobbed around quite a bit and made focusing difficult. But he stayed long enough that I had many opportunities to try and get it right. The first shot is a traditional semi-profile, the second is a bit different. Enjoy! Tech details: K-3, PK DA*300/4.0 + DA1.4x teleconverter. ISO100, 1/320 @ f/6.3 and 1/125 @ f/6.3 respectively. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ea1a9470 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e25412f09 -- 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.
Re: PESO: Loon Shot(s)
Thanks Rick! Enjoy your time with these special birds. stan On Jul 22, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Richard Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice. I love loons (plan to be among the avian variety in 3 weeks), but they're very hard to shoot. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: After almost two weeks at our cabin on Long Lake, I finally had a chance to get reasonably upclose and personal with one of our neighborhood loons. The wind wave action was not ideal, he bobbed around quite a bit and made focusing difficult. But he stayed long enough that I had many opportunities to try and get it right. The first shot is a traditional semi-profile, the second is a bit different. Enjoy! Tech details: K-3, PK DA*300/4.0 + DA1.4x teleconverter. ISO100, 1/320 @ f/6.3 and 1/125 @ f/6.3 respectively. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ea1a9470 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e25412f09 -- 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. -- 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.
Re: PESO: Loon Shot(s)
First shot is very nice. Postage stamp worthy. Coulda sworn I saw a loon on a lake here in Kearney, Nebraska a couple weekends ago, but I was in a hurry on my way past and didn't have camera/bigma with me (should keep that with me ALWAYS). On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:03 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Thanks Rick! Enjoy your time with these special birds. stan On Jul 22, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Richard Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: Very nice. I love loons (plan to be among the avian variety in 3 weeks), but they're very hard to shoot. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Mon, Jul 21, 2014 at 10:30 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: After almost two weeks at our cabin on Long Lake, I finally had a chance to get reasonably upclose and personal with one of our neighborhood loons. The wind wave action was not ideal, he bobbed around quite a bit and made focusing difficult. But he stayed long enough that I had many opportunities to try and get it right. The first shot is a traditional semi-profile, the second is a bit different. Enjoy! Tech details: K-3, PK DA*300/4.0 + DA1.4x teleconverter. ISO100, 1/320 @ f/6.3 and 1/125 @ f/6.3 respectively. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ea1a9470 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e25412f09 -- 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. -- 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. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- 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.
PESO: Loon Shot(s)
After almost two weeks at our cabin on Long Lake, I finally had a chance to get reasonably upclose and personal with one of our neighborhood loons. The wind wave action was not ideal, he bobbed around quite a bit and made focusing difficult. But he stayed long enough that I had many opportunities to try and get it right. The first shot is a traditional semi-profile, the second is a bit different. Enjoy! Tech details: K-3, PK DA*300/4.0 + DA1.4x teleconverter. ISO100, 1/320 @ f/6.3 and 1/125 @ f/6.3 respectively. stan http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ea1a9470 http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e25412f09 -- 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.
