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Post by Teddy Regpala on May 9, 2009 4:19:27 GMT
Went to the lake for lunch break. Not so great, but it's still a ... Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodiasNikon D300, AF-S 300 f/4, TC 1.4x, 420mm, 1/1000s, F/8, ISO 200, handheld, cropped  |
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Post by Ed Matuod on May 9, 2009 5:52:54 GMT
Very nice BIF, Ted! Must be close?
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Post by Edu Lorenzo Jr on May 9, 2009 6:50:00 GMT
Sir Ted, This is a 'not so great' for you? This is a lifer for me!  Excellent capture! I wish I could also just stroll out to a lake during my break.. hay... |
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Post by aa los baños on May 9, 2009 11:12:57 GMT
awesome capture teddy, details and colors  |
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Post by Bob Kaufman on May 10, 2009 2:14:53 GMT
Outstanding BIF shot, Teddy!
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Post by mantarey on May 10, 2009 11:49:06 GMT
Excellent BIF capture Ted. Very good details, looks like a close shot.
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Post by Teddy Regpala on May 11, 2009 9:46:33 GMT
Thanks guys for the nice comments and encouragements. Not the best time to bird, really. While other bird photographers are resting, I'm shooting.  It's good that I shot RAW, as I still pulled some details from the shadow. Really hard to play with the exposure under this California sunshine at this time of the day. But since it's an available time to bird, I'll take it (no meetings after lunch time, and no urgent tasks to finish right away). The lake is actually a vernal pool, a preserved area next to a golf course, just outside the former Mather Air Force base (which is now a commercial airport mostly used by cargo planes like UPS, Fedex and DHL). About 10 minutes drive from work. I just got lucky there's a pair flying around, so I have several attempts to correct the exposure. I'm at the mercy of pure luck. That was around freaking noon. My relative position was critical, as I can only take a few useable shots. The birds were not really that close. These are really big flyers, so you can afford not to be close to them. They did not fill the frame. This one is about 1/4 to 1/3 of the whole image (the first one is about 1/3): Nikon D300, AF-S 300 f/4, TC 1.4x, 420mm, 1/1600s, F/5.6, ISO 200, handheld, cropped  These are cropped. |
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