Lovely shot Christian. The colours are beautiful. Now, please don't take this the wrong way, and it could just be the fact that I have just woken after only 4 hours sleep and have a warped sense of humour, BUT to me those geese look hilarious! I don't know what it is, but the two in the middle especially make me think that they look like as though they are on a cartoon or madly trying to get somewhere. As though they are saying to each other "quick guys lets get the heck outta here!" Maybe it is the intense colour and the silhouettes that give it a cartoony appearance. Like I said, please don't take it the wrong way, as it is a great shot, and I have a seriously strange sense of humour. Actually, to me the humour aspect makes it an even better shot, even though I am sure it is not what you intended...
tan.(who is now ducking for cover)... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christian Skofteland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 3:34 AM Subject: Yesterday afternoon > We got about 10 inches of snow in Germantown over the past couple of days so > I decided to see what kind of pictures I could get. > > It was cold and overcast and I felt very little inspiration as I trudged > around the lake I live on. But, as I rounded the last bend in the path on > my way home, the clouds parted and the sunset was spectacular. I set up to > photograph the sunset when all of a sudden the geese started to land on the > water in front of me. I must have shot 70 or so images, hand-held, of the > birds flying through the sunset. Here's one: > > http://www.xian.us/images/geese_imgp0754.jpg > > details: ist-D, Sigma 300/4 with 2x TC, 1600 ISO (for speed, too bad about > the noise), 1/400 f5.6, -0.7 exposure compensation. > > Comments welcome! > > Christian Skofteland > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
