Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
Christian, Christian wrote: I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenwick Island, Delaware, about 5 miles from the Atlantic beaches and some really nice wetlands. Unfortunately, my visit was to help my dad pump about 200 gallons of water out of their crawl space... with a Sears 6 gallon wet-vac. It pretty much took the whole day of crawling on my belly under their house when I really wanted to be crawling in the sand shooting shore birds. When I finished I looked up to see thousands of snow geese flying overhead. Grabbed the ol' camera, 300mm lens and 1.4x TC and started shooting. The light was fading so most of the images are crap but I thought I'd post this one for compositional reasons. http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? I think it's an excellent work. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
Boris Liberman wrote: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? I think it's an excellent work. Thanks, Boris! -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Christian wrote: ann sanfedele wrote: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? I think I like it quite a lot... decisive moment stuff (unless, of course, you made two different pixs and combined them in PS :) HAR! To be honest, I wouldn't have a clue on how to do that! Thanks, Ann. I don't know either :) I'd actually like to know to do it for some design stuff - I can overlay layers making one semi-visible but I'd like to know how to make something that is like an old fashioned double exposure but isnt. I know, read the manual - I'm so bad at that. ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO - snow geese and moon
A mighty fine picture. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Sent: 29. januar 2007 16:43 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - snow geese and moon I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenwick Island, Delaware, about 5 miles from the Atlantic beaches and some really nice wetlands. Unfortunately, my visit was to help my dad pump about 200 gallons of water out of their crawl space... with a Sears 6 gallon wet-vac. It pretty much took the whole day of crawling on my belly under their house when I really wanted to be crawling in the sand shooting shore birds. When I finished I looked up to see thousands of snow geese flying overhead. Grabbed the ol' camera, 300mm lens and 1.4x TC and started shooting. The light was fading so most of the images are crap but I thought I'd post this one for compositional reasons. http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_ 6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
ann sanfedele wrote: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? I think I like it quite a lot... decisive moment stuff (unless, of course, you made two different pixs and combined them in PS :) HAR! To be honest, I wouldn't have a clue on how to do that! Thanks, Ann. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Tim Øsleby wrote: A mighty fine picture. tional reasons. http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_ 6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut Thanks, Tim. -- Christian (mostly Norwegian, not so harmless) http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO - snow geese and moon
Christian I visited the exhibition of the World Wild Life contest yesterday and I think your picture is of the level I have seen there. Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Sent: 29 January, 2007 4:43 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - snow geese and moon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
Henk Terhell wrote: Christian I visited the exhibition of the World Wild Life contest yesterday and I think your picture is of the level I have seen there. you are way too kind, but thanks. The geese in my shot are WAY to blurry to print this thing bigger than 4x6 and would never pass muster in a competition. :-) -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? Tolerable. 8-) - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
Christian wrote: . When I finished I looked up to see thousands of snow geese flying overhead. Grabbed the ol' camera, 300mm lens and 1.4x TC and started shooting. The light was fading so most of the images are crap but I thought I'd post this one for compositional reasons. http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? I think I like it quite a lot... decisive moment stuff (unless, of course, you made two different pixs and combined them in PS :) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
Very nice!. Beautiful V. Appears possible that the final composition was achieved through cropping. I do it all the time, for that matter, but if you have a scosh more room, it may benefit from being slightly opened up. Moon focus is great! Geese, understandably, slightly soft which doesn't really detract that much. Jack --- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenwick Island, Delaware, about 5 miles from the Atlantic beaches and some really nice wetlands. Unfortunately, my visit was to help my dad pump about 200 gallons of water out of their crawl space... with a Sears 6 gallon wet-vac. It pretty much took the whole day of crawling on my belly under their house when I really wanted to be crawling in the sand shooting shore birds. When I finished I looked up to see thousands of snow geese flying overhead. Grabbed the ol' camera, 300mm lens and 1.4x TC and started shooting. The light was fading so most of the images are crap but I thought I'd post this one for compositional reasons. http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
In a message dated 1/29/2007 7:46:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_60 67.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? = Oh, I really like that. That's great. If someone says the left most bird is too close to the edge, you could always clone on a strip of sky on that side. Fantastic composition, Christian. Marnie aka Doe :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/29/2007 7:46:02 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_60 67.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? = Oh, I really like that. That's great. If someone says the left most bird is too close to the edge, you could always clone on a strip of sky on that side. Fantastic composition, Christian. Marnie aka Doe :-) Thanks, Marnie. Several people have mentioned wanting more room. I cropped a little on the left and bottom to remove some partial birds. In hindsight I guess I could just clone them out easily enough which would open the composition a bit more. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
Jack Davis wrote: Very nice!. Beautiful V. Appears possible that the final composition was achieved through cropping. I do it all the time, for that matter, but if you have a scosh more room, it may benefit from being slightly opened up. Moon focus is great! Geese, understandably, slightly soft which doesn't really detract that much. Thanks, Jack. I did crop slightly to remove a half bird from the left and another half bird from the bottom. A co-worker said more room would be nice too. I held still on the moon and the birds flew past too fast for the 1/160 shutter speed. I think the plan was right, but my execution was lacking... If I had tracked the birds, the moon would be OOF. http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
I like this one. It is somewhat unusual getting the moon in there like that without some photoshop trickery. You also managed to keep them in frame. Not a shore bird, but nice anyway. -- Bruce Monday, January 29, 2007, 7:42:40 AM, you wrote: C I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenwick Island, Delaware, C about 5 miles from the Atlantic beaches and some really nice wetlands. C Unfortunately, my visit was to help my dad pump about 200 gallons of C water out of their crawl space... with a Sears 6 gallon wet-vac. It C pretty much took the whole day of crawling on my belly under their house C when I really wanted to be crawling in the sand shooting shore birds. C When I finished I looked up to see thousands of snow geese flying C overhead. Grabbed the ol' camera, 300mm lens and 1.4x TC and started C shooting. The light was fading so most of the images are crap but I C thought I'd post this one for compositional reasons. C http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg C http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut C What do you think? C -- C Christian C http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Christian, I understand the focus/movement difficulties you mentioned. Simply a way of telling you I notices, but I consider them no problem. May I suggest you remove the part birds in Photoshop rather than by cropping? Jack --- Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack Davis wrote: Very nice!. Beautiful V. Appears possible that the final composition was achieved through cropping. I do it all the time, for that matter, but if you have a scosh more room, it may benefit from being slightly opened up. Moon focus is great! Geese, understandably, slightly soft which doesn't really detract that much. Thanks, Jack. I did crop slightly to remove a half bird from the left and another half bird from the bottom. A co-worker said more room would be nice too. I held still on the moon and the birds flew past too fast for the 1/160 shutter speed. I think the plan was right, but my execution was lacking... If I had tracked the birds, the moon would be OOF. http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
Jack Davis wrote: Christian, I understand the focus/movement difficulties you mentioned. Simply a way of telling you I notices, but I consider them no problem. May I suggest you remove the part birds in Photoshop rather than by cropping? :-) I consider it a problem! Yeah, I'm gonna go back to the original and clone the partial birds out when I get home tonight. I'll repost it tomorrow. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Bruce Dayton wrote: I like this one. It is somewhat unusual getting the moon in there like that without some photoshop trickery. You also managed to keep them in frame. Not a shore bird, but nice anyway. Thanks, Bruce. There were what seemed like 20 thousand of those guys flying overhead. I saw a bunch that were going to cross in front of the moon and just sorta held focus on the moon and released the shutter when they were framed right. Earlier in the day, whilst running an errand I passed by the bay where the snow geese were congregating. Too bad I couldn't have spent some time shooting them bobbing in the water or landing/taking off etc. It's an annual event but the afternoon light Saturday was spectacular. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
On 29/1/07, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? WOW. I'm gobsmacked. That's one hell of a shot. Beautiful. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Cotty wrote: On 29/1/07, Christian, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? WOW. I'm gobsmacked. That's one hell of a shot. Beautiful. You are WAY too kind. Thanks. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? WOW. I'm gobsmacked. That's one hell of a shot. Beautiful. I agree. Very nice! Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
Very very nice! G On Jan 29, 2007, at 7:42 AM, Christian wrote: I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenwick Island, Delaware, about 5 miles from the Atlantic beaches and some really nice wetlands. Unfortunately, my visit was to help my dad pump about 200 gallons of water out of their crawl space... with a Sears 6 gallon wet-vac. It pretty much took the whole day of crawling on my belly under their house when I really wanted to be crawling in the sand shooting shore birds. When I finished I looked up to see thousands of snow geese flying overhead. Grabbed the ol' camera, 300mm lens and 1.4x TC and started shooting. The light was fading so most of the images are crap but I thought I'd post this one for compositional reasons. http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Tom C wrote: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut I agree. Very nice! Tom C. Thanks, Tom! -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Very very nice! http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut Thanks for looking and the kind remark, Godders. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
Excellent composition. Does it hold up when viewed high res? If so, it's a great photo. Paul -- Original message -- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Very very nice! G On Jan 29, 2007, at 7:42 AM, Christian wrote: I was visiting my parents this weekend in Fenwick Island, Delaware, about 5 miles from the Atlantic beaches and some really nice wetlands. Unfortunately, my visit was to help my dad pump about 200 gallons of water out of their crawl space... with a Sears 6 gallon wet-vac. It pretty much took the whole day of crawling on my belly under their house when I really wanted to be crawling in the sand shooting shore birds. When I finished I looked up to see thousands of snow geese flying overhead. Grabbed the ol' camera, 300mm lens and 1.4x TC and started shooting. The light was fading so most of the images are crap but I thought I'd post this one for compositional reasons. http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/ snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent composition. Does it hold up when viewed high res? If so, it's a great photo. Paul http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut Thanks, Paul. No, unfortunately, the geese are pretty OOF because they were moving across the frame while I held steady on the moon. The moon is pretty damn sharp for 300mm + 1.4x TC, hand held at 1/160 :-) -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 10:42:40 -0500 Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut hi christian, that's a beautiful photograph. thanks for sharing. regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
