Hi Tim Congratulations, this is big improvement over the last shots you showed. I would like to see more... greetings Markus
>>-----Original Message----- >>From: Tim Øsleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:46 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: PESO: Northern Lapwing >> >> >>This is not a fantastic shot, but I am making improvement ;-) >> >>Two days ago I went into the hide at another time than I've done >>before. The >>sea had just passed the highest point. So there where no birds >>there at that >>point. Spent a couple of ours with nothing going on, but then it >>started to >>happen. The birds came pretty close 10-15 meters. I had a >>wonderful time ;-) >> >>They are moving fast, because they are searching for food. This makes >>focusing pretty hard with the slow lens. I ruined many shots because of >>this. But I feel my old skills are slowly coming back. >> >>I came back with a bit more than 4gb of images. By accident I deleted one >>card. I dumped them into a image tank, and did a mistake doing >>that. And now >>it feels that the best shots where at that card :-( >>It's like fishing, the largest fishes are the one you loose. >> >>http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=231709 >>*istDS at 800 ISO raw and spot metering, Tokina AT-X 150-500/5,6 at 500mm, >>f:11, 1/250s. >> >>Norwegian name of the bird is Vipe, according to wikipedia, it is Northern >>Lapwing in English. >> >> >>Tim >>Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) >> >>Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds >>(Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) >> >>
