Bird shot out of 12 gauge will do the same thing. "Wow, that's a black background, clearly makes the bird pop."
Good bird pose, > Jack. Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Davis" <[email protected]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 12:04 PM > Subject: PESO: Ring-Billed Gull > > >> Was at a local northern California lake with the intention of "practicing" >> my photo panning. Quite a few Sea Gulls frequent said lake, but only in the >> winter. Must be the storms at sea that encourages them to move inland. This >> lake is surrounded with french fry munching folks, who bring their >> drive-through lunches and check out the bird life. >> Happened to get this as it passed a darkened shadow area background. Was >> dark enough that it didn't take much shopping to produce the one you see. >> I included, perhaps, a little more black background than necessary, but I >> wanted to make it a more significant part of the scene for whatever impact >> it might have. Bumps the emotion a tad for me. >> >> Jack >> >> comments most welcome! >> >> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=560 >> >> K20, DA 55~300@300mm, f/6.7, 1/1000, ISO 400, hand held >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. > -- Steve Desjardins -- 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.

