That was at 300mm and cropped just a tiny bit to make the vertical straight. I was pretty close. Probably no more than 10 or 15 yards away.
I think the birds at the duck pond get used to people. People fish there every day. There is a walking path around the pond. Kids bring old bread to feed to the ducks and geese. There is a large pavilion and playground at one end of the pond where there are a lot of kid parties. A little farther away are baseball and soccer fields. So there is a lot of "people" traffic. if you're careful you can get within a few feet of most of the birds. gs George Sinos -------------------- [email protected] www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 9:56 AM, Walt <[email protected]> wrote: > Great shot, George! > > What lens were you using? I've never been able to get anywhere near that > close to one with my 300mm zoom. > > -- Walt > > On 9/30/2012 8:25 AM, George Sinos wrote: >> >> Thanks everyone. About 15 miles from the park is a place called the >> Heron Haven Nature Center. I'm going to have to go check it out. >> Several of the local photographers spend time shooting there. >> >> gs >> >> George Sinos >> -------------------- >> [email protected] >> www.georgesphotos.net >> plus.georgesinos.com >> >> >> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 11:49 PM, Ann Sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> What Frank said... >>> One of my favorite big birds, too. >>> >>> Hope you get some shots of the sandies as well. >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>> On 9/29/2012 23:00, [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>> Blue heron. Nice capture! >>>> >>>> cheers, >>>> frank >>>> >>>> "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- >>>> Christopher Hitchens >>>> >>>> --- Original Message --- >>>> >>>> From: George Sinos <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: September 29, 2012 9/29/12 >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: PESO - Unknown Bird >>>> >>>> Anyone know what kind of bird this is? >>>> >>>> It showed up at the duck pond in a local city park recently. It's >>>> been hanging out with the ducks and geese. I know there is a big >>>> flock of Sandhill Cranes in the Safari Park about 25 or 30 miles south >>>> of town, maybe it's one of those. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> <http://www.georgesphotos.net/Nature/Duck-Pond-2012/25646909_QCZMDD#!i=2117771297&k=tPDGwGQ&lb=1&s=A> >>>> >>>> Just curious. gs >>>> >>>> George Sinos >>>> -------------------- >>>> [email protected] >>>> www.georgesphotos.net >>>> plus.georgesinos.com >>>> >>> -- >>> 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.
