Francis, all great attempts at trying subjects.
Compositionally, #2 & 3 need more edge space. Either definitely cut off a
significant portion of the subject or give it room to breathe, otherwise it
looks like a mistake you didn't plan on.
All the images have a very slight red tint to them on my calibrated monitor.
Most importantly they all suffer from less than optimum exposure, mainly
lack of detail in the birds plumage. It appears they all were taken under
less than optimal light - mid day? Taken early morning/evening the light
would be much less contrasty allowing you to obtain a better balance between
the bird and the background/foreground.
Just my $0.02 worth
Kenneth Waller
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From: "Francis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PESO Great blue herons
More bird shots.
It's actually more of a GESO but some people seem to find that acronym to
stimulate negative emotions.
http://www.photosynth.ca/photo/f/heron.html
P3n + 200mm f2.5 for all of them, for the first one I may have also been
using the late Vivitar 2x TC.
Comments appreciated (unless they're telling me that the second one looks
totally flashed (cause I've already kicked my self around the block about
that), but I would appreciate suggestions about jury-rigging an of camera
flash bracket).
For those interested, all but the "flashy" head shot were taken using a
technique I call "drift stalking," in our bright red canoe. Basically I
just paddle up wind/tide of my subject and then let my self slowly drift
up to it. I find it to be quite effective for some of the larger and more
shy shore birds like blue herons.
Cheers,
Francis,
Still has: one working camera, one broken camera, two working lenses, two
broken lenses, one working tripod and one broken tripod plus the flash
(still working) that fell of his camera when he was leaning over the edge
of the pier and he had to swim out (in February) and dive for it.
