Finally they're back!

Allen · April 30, 2005

I drove over to a local lake today hoping the big birds are back. They were.:clap
I managed to sneak under an old railroad bridge and of course they few
away. But eventually they came back, at least all but the night heron.

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Gota have a lunch shot.

.. and a bird butt also

... and a couple of portraits

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Not everything went well.:rofl

Up periscope.

Thanks for looking. This is the first real oportunity I've had with the "small camera"
and the tcon17. Realy need to slightly underexpose the white ones and the live
preview helped. I'd just spin the wheel between 1/2000 & 1/1200 till it looked right.
Al

Harryb · April 30, 2005

Allen wrote:

I drove over to a local lake today hoping the big birds are back. They were.
I managed to sneak under an old railroad bridge and of course they few
away. But eventually they came back, at least all but the night heron.

I've taken more of these shots than I want to think about.

Thanks for looking. This is the first real oportunity I've had with the "small camera"
and the tcon17. Realy need to slightly underexpose the white ones and the live
preview helped. I'd just spin the wheel between 1/2000 & 1/1200 till it looked right.
Al

Outstanding shots Al . You are right about the exposures. Unless you underexpose you will blow out those egrets. Excellent job.

bfjr · April 30, 2005

Another excellent series

Lunch shot is Great

MuskyDude · April 30, 2005

Wow, what an awesome series!

That "gota have a lunch shot" shot is something else, what a unique capture!

Thanks for sharing!

AJ

coldclimb · April 30, 2005

Hahaha, very awesome stuff!

Makes me kinda disappointed we don't have these birds up here. That last one is crazy... haha.

Khaos · April 30, 2005

Nice set. I liked the water action as well.

Allen · April 30, 2005

Harryb wrote:

I've taken more of these shots than I want to think about.
Outstanding shots Al . You are right about the exposures. Unless you underexpose you will blow out those egrets. Excellent job.

Thanks Harry, you're rasied the bar so high my nose might bleed if I get half as high.

Broke Guy · April 30, 2005

what lens?

Allen · April 30, 2005

bfjr wrote:

Another excellent series
Lunch shot is Great

thanks, Ya gota get a lucky one now and then. Missed a bunch though.

Allen · April 30, 2005

Broke Guy wrote:

what lens?

828 with the TCON17, might have punched 2x digital zoom also,
don't remember. Sony's in camera digital zoom does a great job.
200x1.7x2=680

Allen · April 30, 2005

coldclimb wrote:

Hahaha, very awesome stuff! Makes me kinda disappointed we don't have these birds up here. That last one is crazy... haha.

You're already in a place I'd love to visit. Man, they got long necks, huh? My thoughts on the last one too.
Thanks
Al

Broke Guy · April 30, 2005

Allen wrote:

828 with the TCON17, might have punched 2x digital zoom also,
don't remember. Sony's in camera digital zoom does a great job.
200x1.7x2=680

that was with digital zoom? WOW!