a few from the family shoot

jeff lapoint

my family was in town yesterday, and being camera geeks too i thought they'd enjoy a morning trip to bolsa chica.









aside from the goofy gloom it was a nice trip. thanks for the look!

-j

gus

Very nice jeff

bfjr

Hey I know those birds and that stick in water !!! :lol4

Nice seeing you guys there. Did you get my reply on the other post??
That Heron shot, looks like a Harry Shot good work all of them.
the NH is real crisp and true to life!!
when they let up on you at work come shootin with us :

ginger_55

Fantastic bird shots!! I love them!

However, I would never move to California with a background color like you all seem to have found.................is that really it???

Perhaps some pop? An Overlay of a different region of the USA?

I love the birds, really do.

ginger

jwear

nice meeting the family Jeff looks like you had a fun day --maybe next weekend you could go and plant somethings for background it would be helpful grey skys grey birds grey water what you gona do

jeff lapoint

Humungus wrote:

Very nice jeff

thanks gus, nice to hear from ya! by the way, thank you for the lens suggestion a while back, the 400 5.6 rocks!

Phil U.

Jeff - great set of bird shots. Too bad it was so grey and gloomy. It did give you some soft light though.

Love the comp on the NH - I think you could probably bring up the exposure and contrast on him though.

jeff lapoint

bfjr wrote:

Hey I know those birds and that stick in water !!! :lol4

Nice seeing you guys there. Did you get my reply on the other post??
That Heron shot, looks like a Harry Shot good work all of them.
the NH is real crisp and true to life!!
when they let up on you at work come shootin with us :

good to see you too ben. thanks so much for the harry comparison...i'm a few light years behind el jefe's skills, but its flattering nonetheless

i'll be between rotations this weekend so i should have a free day, but internal medicine starts on monday. i'd better get all the shooting i can in before then...

jeff lapoint

ginger_55 wrote:

Fantastic bird shots!! I love them!

However, I would never move to California with a background color like you all seem to have found.................is that really it???

Perhaps some pop? An Overlay of a different region of the USA?

I love the birds, really do.

ginger

thanks so much ginger. in my experience the gloom is more of a summer phenomenon. most of the year, at least where i grew up in san diego, is pretty free from the marine layer. mornings by the ocean seem to be the worst. i'm looking to get some evening shoots in today or tomorrow...i'll post them so you can see that we really do have some background colors out here nothing like what you have to deal with, but prettier than the summer gloomy gray!

jeff lapoint

jwear wrote:

nice meeting the family Jeff looks like you had a fun day --maybe next weekend you could go and plant somethings for background it would be helpful grey skys grey birds grey water what you gona do

tell me about it jeff! it was just nice to be out shooting for a change...i'm getting slammed at work, but i'm learning a ton and meeting some wonderful patients. its a more than fair trade off, buts its killing my photography
my brother in law especially enjoyed meeting you. he has the summer off and has promised to start on a handle bar mustacheno joke man, he couldnt stop talking about your 'stache and how cool it was. hopefully picture to follow...
-j

jeff lapoint

Phil U. wrote:

Jeff - great set of bird shots. Too bad it was so grey and gloomy. It did give you some soft light though.

Love the comp on the NH - I think you could probably bring up the exposure and contrast on him though.

thanks so much for the suggestions phil! i reprocessed the NH shot...



any better?

-j

Harryb

excellent shots Jeff.

Khaos

#3 is saweet!thumb

Phil U.

jeff lapoint wrote:

thanks so much for the suggestions phil! i reprocessed the NH shot...


any better?

-j

YES, I think so....