Alan. great shot and beautiful bird. Reading stories of professional
nature photographers like Frans Lanting and Mort Hilmer, a few hours
waiting for a picture is peanuts!
Henk
Op 2020-05-02 om 21:09 schreef Alan C:
I adjusted the levels a bit which may have had an effect on the
saturation but the colours look pretty true to me.. A bit of motion
blur on the beak.
I need to have a hide on the garage roof so I can be within a few
metres. The only problem is I may have to wait for hours. I have a two
week window by which time the figs will be finished.
Alan C
On 02-May-20 08:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On May 2, 2020, at 9:16 AM, Alan C <[email protected]> wrote:
Sorry, wrong link:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/49846220036/
That looks a lot more like a pigeon than the other one!
You certainly nailed focus on that one.
Did you amp up the saturation on post processing?
BTW, we have moved to lockdown level 4 now so have more liberties.
We may now exercise between 06:00 & 09:00. Certain specified
businesses are now open & fast food deliveries are allowed but no
booze or cigarettes.
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Subject: PESO: Green Wood Pigeon
Date: Sat, 2 May 2020 18:11:45 +0200
From: Alan C <[email protected]>
To: Pentax Discus Mail List <[email protected]>
Late this afternoon while I was gardening, a large flock of Green
Wood Pigeons visited a Fig tree overhanging my carport. Now, these
are very difficult birds to photograph because they are very
skittish & will explode out of the tree if disturbed. I slowly crept
into the house to get my camera & slowly crept as close as I could
get (about 20m). Most of the birds were in the middle of the tree
but I managed to find a couple exposed in the weak sunshine. I then
slowly backed off & put my camera back in the house before returning
to pack away the garden tools. Then it happened - with much
commotion the whole flock shot out of the tree in all directions.
The Afrikanns name for this bird is Papagaaiduif (Parrot Dove) for
obvious reasons. This is the pick of a bunch of average shots:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/49760698771/
K5 & Sigma 170-500 DG @ 500mm f8 1/2000sec ISO 3200 H/H
Alan C
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