That's a fantastic shot. Submit it to the next Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
-- Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tim Øsleby > Sent: 08 September 2007 17:34 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO Challenger > > Hi gang. It is PESO time again!!! > > Some of you may have seen this. I know Dave and Godfrey has > because I asked > for some help on some photoshoping. > > I think the english name for this bird Red-throated Loon. The > title of the > picture may seem obvious, but there is a bit more to it. So I litle > expanation may help. These birds are very adapted to life in > water. Because > of this, they have the legs on the lower regions of their > body. And this > makes them very clumsy when it comes to walking. Unlike the > pinguins thet > don't have a upright walk. I guess thats because they are > very shy, and > upright walking would have made them very exposed towards enemies. > In fact they don't walk at all. So they basically have flying > mode, diving > mode ad swiming mode. So they have a major problem going from > swiming mode, > to flight. It takes a lot of preperations, and a lot of > energy. So it is > challenging, and every now and then, I expect they fail (like > Challenger > did). > > More than enough words, her it is > http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildegalleri/vis_bilde.cgi?id=331054 > (My good site) > Panned with my faithful conpanions: K10D and K-500/4,5, and > gimbal mount. > 400 ISO, 1/250, and most likely f:8. > > Bricks, tomatoes, sugestions, or just shameless praising, all > appresiated. > > Tim Typo > Mostly Harmless > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
