Thanks, Brian! I agree, to this point the "composition" has been limited to a heavy crop and keeping some high voltage stanchions and power lines out of the background. I have been OK, however, with the wild clover and thistles.
Jack --- On Sat, 5/1/10, Brian Walters <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Brian Walters <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: PESO: Red Wing Re-try > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Saturday, May 1, 2010, 5:10 AM > On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:43 -0700, > "Jack Davis" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Made another try at my favorite Red Wing Black Bird > hunting location > > early this AM. Light was from a more helpful direction > at that hour, plus > > I was "packing" an AF540 flash with a "VISUAL" flash > extender. Using K20 > > w/DA55~300. > > > > Am attaching three shots wherein I was actually able > to bring out some > > feather detail. With the bright sky behind most all > attempts, even in > > spot metering mode, shutter had been too fast for > anything much beyond a > > silhouette. > > > > With the ability to throw some light on my side and at > ISO 200, I, also, > > had a little shutter speed to combat a gusty 20 mph > wind. > > > > I still consider this a work in progress. > > > > Comment at will. > > > > Jack > > > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=495 > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=496 > > > > http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=497 > > > > > Yes - definitely better detail in the feathers. I > don't think the birds > have given you the best composition yet but it looks like > you might get > more opportunities. > > > > Cheers > > Brian > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Brian Walters > Western Sydney Australia > -- > > > -- > 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.
