I had an absolute blast running around shooting the countryside with
Larry, and got more photos than I even know what to do with at this
point. I'm working on getting some cleaned up to post for the folks who
originally hosted me on the trip at the moment, but I'll be posting some
of the shots I took with Larry in the very near future. I just need to
take care of a little business first, but once I have a good start on
it, I'll get to work on the pleasure photos.
Many thanks, Larry! You were a kind, generous, and helpful host throughout!
-- Walt
On 3/29/2011 4:08 AM, Larry Colen wrote:
Before Walt leaves for Kentucky tomorrow, I brought him down to twin lakes
beach / Schwann lagoon to see if we could find any cormorants. Just before
dark, I saw an osprey flying with a fish in its talons. Shortly thereafter a
cormorant landed in the same tree, not far away. I spent some time shooting
from across the lagoon with my 300/2.8 adaptall and its 2x TC. Just as the
light was fading, I realized that if I walked around the lagoon I could get a
lot closer, and in the fading light, I'd do better with the 300/2.8 from 100
feet below rather than 500 feet away across the lagoon.
I wasn't having tremendously good luck, I even tried the pop-up flash on the
K-5. Just as I was walking away, I remembered I had my AF540 in my pack. It
took a few tries to get it to even fire, but once I did, and bumped up the ISO
to 4,000, I got some decent shots.
You gonna finish that?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570042123/in/set-72157626252702803/
whatcha lookin at?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570302097/
demon cormorant
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570302411/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570303399/
The flash didn't fire, so I played with with the shot a bit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5570303399/
These and a few more that I've picked out are in this set:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157626252702803/
I've learned that for birding, especially late in the day, a monopod just isn't
enough. I'm gaining more respect for how skill, and equipment, intensive
birding is, and will probably stick with something easy, like photographing
dancers in dark rooms.
--
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est
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