On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:46 -0500, "Charles Robinson" <[email protected]> wrote: > I spent a long weekend up on Lake Vermilion here in Minnesota. Lots of > wildlife and water. > > I managed to see quite a few loons and bald eagles - including watching > one eagle swoop down and snatch a fish out of the water just 30 feet from > me. Very cool. I must say that taking photos from a boat bobbing in > the water, with the 80-200 in full-zoom is quite tricky. > > Got a few good shots, though. Here's a mildly-acceptable one, taken > right after he lept off of a branch to fly off: > > http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/vermilion/content/IMGP3237_large.html > > Yeah, it's cropped a bit and sharpened a bit and was taken with a $40 > lens. Someday I'll get the 50-300 and will be happy. >
It looks as if that bird means business! Excellent under the circumstances. Would it be worth doing some more cropping? Perhaps turn it into a horizontal crop and lose most of the dead tree. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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.
