Brian, That is a wonderful heron photo. It looks quite sharp and the colors match so well. It's a very subtle color picture which makes it more artistic, focusing us on composition, shapes, and textures. Well done. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:28 AM, Brian Walters<[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:10 -0400, "J.C. O'Connell" <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Anytime I use anything over 200mm, I whip out >> my bogen monopod, they really help and are >> nearly as easy to use as hand held, much much >> easier than using a tripod. >> > > > True. And I have a monopod. I just have to remember to take it with > me...... > > > Cheers > > Brian > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ > >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >> Brian Walters >> Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 6:42 PM >> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> Subject: Re: PESO - White-faced Heron >> >> >> Jack, Ann, Bruce, Christine >> >> Thanks for the comments. Bruce said "The old adage holds true 'You can >> never have too much focal length!" True and I certainly could have used >> more with this one. But I probably wouldn't have been able to >> successfully hand hold anything heavier than the 80-320, particularly as >> all I have longer than that is an old Tamron SP300 + 2x adapter - and >> fully open that combination works out at f11! - and it's heavy! :-)> >> >> >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Brian Walters >> Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ >> >> >> >> >> > --- On Thu, 7/2/09, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> >> > > Subject: PESO - White-faced Heron >> > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >> > > Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 4:54 AM >> > > G'day all >> > > >> > > I never get sick of seeing these birds. They're very common but >> > > they are such elegant and attractive creatures. >> > > >> > > http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/147837/White-faced_Heron.html >> > > >> > > >> > > This was taken hand held with the trusty FA 80-320 >> > > mm. It perhaps lacks >> > > a little contrast between the bird and the background rocks but the >> > > bird's pose was quite striking. >> > > >> > > This is a substantial crop of the original frame, upsized back to 6 >> > > MP in multiple steps with a little intermediate sharpening >> > > along the way. >> > > >> > > >> > > Comments appreciated. >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > Cheers >> > > >> > > Brian >> > > >> > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> > > Brian Walters >> > > Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ >> > > -- > -- > > > -- > http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
