Very nice! I especially like the sunset and the waterfalls. A canoeing acquaintance told me that he once (and only once!) paddled into a heron nesting area (rookery?). The birds set up an awful racket and began vomiting half-digested fish on him, with astonishing range and accuracy. Good thing you had a long lens!
Rick --- Herb Chong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i was really busy moving house from one side of town > to the other, but i did > manage to take Memorial Day weekend off to go and > take some pictures of > nesting great blue herons and other sights in the > Adirondack Mountains of > New York. > > http://users.bestweb.net/~hchong/Seasonal/ > > all taken in the Adirondacks. all of the heron shots > were taken with an > A*400/2.8 with a 1.7X extender. most of the heron > images are full frame. the > birds were about 60 yards away in the middle of a > drowned forest. the > sunsets required gradient ND filters. the waterfalls > used a B+W 6-stop ND > filter plus a polarizing filter. two of the > waterfall shots are stacked > exposures to capture the full dynamic range. i > didn't have Photoshop CS2 > when i created the images for posting, so i did it > using my Optipix plugins, > which are almost as convenient. nowadays, i would > use Merge to HDR instead. > > Herb.... > > > > __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Get on-the-go sports scores, stock quotes, news and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/mobile.html
