Reminds me of a situation a few years ago in south central Utah - far from a body of water - I was photographing canyons & came across a Grebe <a water bird> out in the midst of what most would call desert. There's no way it could take off (without water) & with the temperature in the 90 to 100 degree F range, it wasn't going to last long. The group I was with decided we'd take him with us, try to keep him cool, give him water & on the way back to the motel, put him in a small pond we remembered along the way. Hope he/she made it, we sure gave it a second chance.
Oh the image BTW - I like the idea & composition but the execution doesn't work for me. The subject needs separation from the background for it to "pop". Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Øsleby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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
