On 9/29/05, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was out to take a few waterfall photos at an old mill that's been > converted into a house, (it's for sale if anyone has a couple Million > dollars they want to spend), when I was taken entirely un-awares by this > guy who just about jumped into my face on takeoff. I didn't have the > lens I would have wanted with me let alone mounted on the camera, and I > was set up for more or less static subjects but still managed to get off > a few shots. His plumage isn't too blown out in this one, and I managed > to get a pretty good pan as he made his get away. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~webster26/PESO_--_egret_x_2.html > > Technical Data: > Pentax *ist-D ISO 400 @ 1/400sec > smc Pentax 28-200mm f3.8~5.6AL[IF] @ 200mm f9.0 > Notes: > A small amount of manipulation was done with Focus Magic to minimize > some camera movement. > This is a crop of about 2/5 of the original frame. >
I like it a lot. Only niggling criticism is that I find the green background (I'm not calling it bokeh, since it's largely motion blur) to be a bit harsh, but I'm not sure if it's the lighting, oversharpening, the lens, or something else. No big deal, though, as it's an outstanding photo, otherwise. Good blur always works, and this is good blur... cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
