Thanks, Larry. I intentionally placed the bird largely on the right so as to eliminate the restrictive feeling of limiting his forward movement. Appears to me that the center of the frame is about at his neck.(?)
Jack --- On Sun, 1/30/11, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Larry Colen <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Ring-Billed Gull > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, January 30, 2011, 5:28 PM > I missed commenting on this earlier, > but that's an excellent shot. I might crop it so that the > bird was in the lower right third rather than dead center, > but I would have defintely shot it with the bird in the > center. > > On Jan 29, 2011, at 5:21 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Appreciated, Christine! > > > > Jack > > > > --- On Fri, 1/28/11, Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> From: Christine Aguila <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: Ring-Billed Gull > >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > >> Date: Friday, January 28, 2011, 9:36 PM > >> 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. > >> > > > > > > > > > > -- > > 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. > > -- > Larry Colen [email protected] > sent from i4est > > > > > > -- > 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.
