PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-05 Thread pnstenquist
The temperature reached almost 50 degrees F in Michigan today. I went shooting on the banks of the Rouge River and was surprised to see a few Robins. It seems a bit early for these spring arrivals, but I'm not complaining. Maybe they know something we don't. Here's one. Again, this is handheld w

Re: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-05 Thread Mark Cassino
www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 6:20 PM Subject: PAW: First Robin of Spring The temperature reached almost 50 degrees F in Michigan today. I went shooting on the banks

Re: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
I looked at this shot on my good monitor this morning and quickly revised it. It was quite a bit oversaturated. I had originally done the conversion on my i-book while watching a movie. Not a good idea :-) Paul On Feb 5, 2005, at 10:03 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: The temperature reached almost 50 d

Re: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Good revision, I like the look of this version much better. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 08:23:48 -0500, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I looked at this shot on my good monitor this morning and quickly > revised it. It was quite a bit oversaturated. I had originally done

Re: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Bob. It's still a work in progress. I just did a quick dial down on the saturation. I'm going to go back to the RAW and start over on my good computer. I want to try to get a bit more noise out of it and start from scratch on saturation, contrast, and exposure. On Feb 6, 2005, at 9:51 AM,

Re: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-05 Thread Keith Whaley
Nice! I was born and raised in Northern Ohio. We had tons of Robins in the spring! One of the earliest birds to show up in the spring. I think it's still got a lot of Winter to go yet, along the southern Lake Erie and Michigan shores. Wonder where they'll go to keep out of the worst of it? keit

Re: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread Bruce Dayton
Geez Paul, I can't believe how well you can hand hold. I put that new 400 on without a converter and it is hard to hold still. I can see that I have lots of practicing to do. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, February 5, 2005, 3:20:22 PM, you wrote: pcn> The temperature reached almost 50 degr

RE: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread Don Sanderson
TED] > Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 2:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: PAW: First Robin of Spring > > > Geez Paul, I can't believe how well you can hand hold. I put that new > 400 on without a converter and it is hard to hold still. I can see

Re: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Bruce. However, I can't hold the camera perfectly still with a 400 and 2X. But at 1000th of a second, you only have to accomplish a "relatively still" moment to get a decent shot. I have another that I shot off the tripod that is noticeably sharper. However, the bird's back is turned tow

Re: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 2/5/2005 3:21:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The temperature reached almost 50 degrees F in Michigan today. I went shooting on the banks of the Rouge River and was surprised to see a few Robins. It seems a bit early for these spring arrivals, but I'm n

Re: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Marnie. I just finished reworking it in the RAW converter. I was able to reduce the noise a bit and was very conservative on the saturation and contrast. I saw another robin while I was out running this morning and realized that I was quite a bit over the top in terms of the breast color

RE: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread Doug Franklin
On Sun, 6 Feb 2005 04:46:49 -0600, Don Sanderson wrote: > Many can do better than this but I can't, it's quite frustrating. > Any pointers for us "movers and shakers"? Some of the techniques used by long range rifle and pistol shooters can be quite handy. Things like using "bone-to-bone contact"

RE: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-06 Thread pnstenquist
I didn't get the message previous to this, but steady shooting is partly just a matter of practice. But it's also a matter of concentration and mental preparation. You have to psych yourself into a relaxed state of mind. When shooting you maintain a regular breathing pattern and shoot just after

Re: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:20:22 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The temperature reached almost 50 degrees F in Michigan today. I went > shooting on the banks of the Rouge River and was surprised to see a few > Robins. It seems a bit early for these spring arrivals, but I'm not

Re: PAW: First Robin of Spring

2005-02-08 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Frank. On Feb 8, 2005, at 5:40 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 23:20:22 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The temperature reached almost 50 degrees F in Michigan today. I went shooting on the banks of the Rouge River and was surprised to see a few Robins. I