P. J. Alling wrote: > Took my new rig into the woods, effective focal length 510mm (765mm for > rule of thumb purposes). Shutter speed 1/400. Not too bad, but severe > bloom around the Egret. I wasn't the steadiest today too much coffee. > Still managed to get mostly shake free long telephoto shots even with > shutter speeds down to 1/100. But this one was one of the more > interesting shots. (I didn't get the Osprey in the air, I didn't see it > until it was too far away). > > http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20egretfishing.html > > Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0 w/smc F 1.7x AF > converter. >
I like the reflection and position of the bird. Cropping would pretty much ruin the reflection unless you cropped vertical, but then I don't think it would have the same impact. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
