A few Shots from Harry's Wildlife Shoot

pathfinder · February 12, 2006

I arrived home this morning at 1 AM after driving 1100 miles on Saturday. Nightinale and I had coffee with the guys as they were getting ready to shoot Merritt Island Wildlife Preserve Saturday morning before we left for Indiana.

So I am sleep deprived, but I wanted to see if I captured anything worthwhile last week, and the posted shots I have seen from the other attendees are of a very high quality.

I have only scratched the surface, but here are a couple of frames from the first few days of the week shot with a 1DMkll. So take that Nikonians!!

Early morning sunshine on an egret

Early morning scene at Merritt Island Wildlife Preserve

A juvenile ibis in the early morning sunlight

And the obligatory osprey shots

Harry says you cannot ever have too many egrets, so...

I want to thank Harry and his lovely wife Linda for all the time and effort they put into making this trip such a wonderful experience.:clap :clap Nightingale and I will long remember this lovely week in Florida.:thumb

More can be seen at http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/gallery/1194221/1/56097392

jwear · February 12, 2006

is this a new way to display photos

hard to look at

pathfinder · February 12, 2006

Better when all are left aligned?

Osprey Whisperer · February 13, 2006

Nice set of captures, Jim.

Glad you had and the family had a nice time. Good to meet you in person. Hope the weather was warm enough for you.

Look forward to seeing more shots from the trip.

Cheers

pathfinder · February 13, 2006

Thnks Mike.

I hope you salvage some of your images - I suspect a glitch in your hard drive storage device.

BigAl · February 13, 2006

Great series Jim! Looks like you had a ball... (or is that an egret

)

mereimage · February 13, 2006

Looks like you got some good shooting in
I esp liked this one from your gallery

Mereimage

Harryb · February 13, 2006

Hey PF,

Glad you guys got home safely. You made pretty good time for a guy who drives like an old lady. :lol

Outstanding shots and a really good gallery also.

I had a great time on the shoot. I see those birds every day but it was very special to meet fine folks like yourself and Nightingale.

tmlphoto · February 13, 2006

Great set Path. I really like the juvy ibis. Again, it was great meeting the Pathfinder family in person.

ehughes · February 13, 2006

Excellent shots PF... great work

Rohirrim · February 13, 2006

Beautiful series Path. That first and third one are incredibley sharp, well composed and exposed. The rest are also very nice as well.

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Michael Allen · February 13, 2006

Excellent work PF. And it was a pleasure to meet and shoot with you and the mrs. Till the next time, Happy shooting.:):

ginger_55 · February 13, 2006

pf, YOU DID THAT last one, too? It is wonderful!

But I particularly like the blurred one. second one, I think. Did you do anything special to it in post, it looked to me like you might have?

Anything I can learn, I appreciate. You did some super califrag......... shooting!

ginger

jwear · February 13, 2006

now that looks real gooood

it was hard to flip thru them

pathfinder · February 14, 2006

Thanks, everyone jwear, Birdman ( you from Alcatraz perhaps?), BIgAl, Harry, TML, Ed Hughes, mereimage, Rohirrim, Mike, Ginger - all of you. Glad you enjoyed the pictures:):

These were shot and processed in ARC and Photoshop, using the Lab portrait workflow dscussed in the portrait thread of Chapter 14 of the Canyon Conundrum. You can thank rutt for that too. I certainly do.

The blurred shot of the egrets you asked about, Ginger, was one of those lovely accidents we all experience some time. The light was too dark and my shutter speed was only 1/160 for a 700mm lens and obviously the image was blurred due to subject and camera movement. But it caught my eye as I was culling shots, and the one bird in the center right seemed to draw me in, and so I processed it basically as I did the rest of them. I am glad you liked it - I do too - I don't usually favor blurred images, but this one seems to depict what I saw in that ditch in the early morning light.

Here's a spoonbill in that same early light

And here is a hawk I have a whole series of and plan to post a little later

I am hoping that the Nikonians on this thread will make me an honorary Nikonian even though these were shot with white lenses:D

Osprey Whisperer · February 14, 2006

Nice hawk shot, Jim. Look forward to seeing more of those.

pathfinder wrote:

Birdman ( you from Alcatraz perhaps?),

:uhoh Nope....not me. I'm originally from Illinoize. That would be the "Joliet Prison" don't ya know. I use to bunk with Joliet Jake Blues.

Harryb · February 14, 2006

That hawk looks vaguely familiar. Love that sponnbill capture PF. I have spoken to the fraternity and you have been voted in as an official member of the nikonians.

pathfinder · February 14, 2006

I was sure that you would recognize that hawk, Harry. I am waiting to see your shots of it also. That is the closest a hawk has ever allowed me to approach.

I liked the water drops at the bill of the spoonbill and the early morning light. They are strange looking birds, with the beaks always in the water.

To have been accepted as an honorary Nikonian is a humbling experience. I will try to uphold the standards of being an honorary Nikonian, and will see if I can find some black tape for my lenses.:D

Nappalonia · February 14, 2006

Excellent

pathfinder · February 16, 2006

A couple more hawks....

And a couple pelicans as well...

The pelicans were shot with a 1DMkll and a 400 f4 DO.

gluwater · February 16, 2006

Hey I remember that hawk. Great shots Jim. I have been waiting to see your shots of the hawk and it was well work the wait. He showed up again Monday morning and let us approach him but the sun was still rising and he flew off a couple minutes before the morning light would have lit him wonderfully. He cried out at us just before he flew off in defiance of the coming light. Your spoonbill is also excellent. I haven't gotten to mine yet but I know they were not in that nice of light.

pathfinder · February 16, 2006

I have a few more from Harry's shoot -

Here is an egret that definitely looks like it is going to get lucky soon.

Another pelican

A parrot at Gatorland

Harryb · February 17, 2006

That egret shoot is seriously good.

pathfinder · February 17, 2006

Thanks Harry - I just got a kick out of the it, with the beak wide open and the green lore so prominent.

I looked at the shots posted on the dark side at Nikon cafe, and am very impressed. There are some outstanding shots there.
Kevin has a fine eye for lighting and detail. I did not recognize all the screen names, but the images were luscious.
Makes me very proud to be an honorary Nikonian. Now if Canon would just introduce a wireless remote for their cameras. I can't believe they missed that opportunity. Wired remotes are SO yesterday!!

Harryb · February 17, 2006

pathfinder wrote:

Thanks Harry - I just got a kick out of the it, with the beak wide open and the green lore so prominent.

I looked at the shots posted on the dark side at Nikon cafe, and am very impressed. There are some outstanding shots there.
Kevin has a fine eye for lighting and detail. I did not recognize all the screen names, but the images were luscious.
Makes me very proud to be an honorary Nikonian. Now if Canon would just introduce a wireless remote for their cameras. I can't believe they missed that opportunity. Wired remotes are SO yesterday!!

Hey PF,

Those folks are such fine shooters. I am always humbled when I view their shots. Kevin, Frank (Flew), Mike (mikemac), and Jim Fenton (who couldn't make it down to this year's shoot) are some of the finest shooters I have met.

pathfinder · February 17, 2006

Harryb wrote:

Hey PF,

Those folks are such fine shooters. I am always humbled when I view their shots. Kevin, Frank (Flew), Mike (mikemac), and Jim Fenton (who couldn't make it down to this year's shoot) are some of the finest shooters I have met.

I recognized Kevin and Flew's work and it is every thing you stated. First class imagery. I felt priviledged to accompany them with my white lenses:):

erich6 · February 19, 2006

PF,

You've got some great captures in your gallery. This one is one of my favorites:

Way to go!!

Erich

pathfinder · February 19, 2006

I'm so glad you liked that shot Erich.

I looked at your gallery also. You have some lovely work in there too!! Other folks shoud take a gander at your galleries also. Quite creative http://www.hbimaging.com/

I wasn't sure how well my GBH reflection would appeal to folks - it almost looks like a brushed art style from PS, but it is basically a straight photo that has had a little enhancement with curves and saturation and a gradient or two.

erich6 · February 20, 2006

pathfinder wrote:

I'm so glad you liked that shot Erich. I looked at your gallery also. You have some lovely work in there too!! Other folks shoud take a gander at your galleries also. Quite creative http://www.hbimaging.com/

I wasn't sure how well my GBH reflection would appeal to folks - it almost looks like a brushed art style from PS, but it is basically a straight photo that has had a little enhancement with curves and saturation and a gradient or two.

Thank you!! I appreciate the nice comments very much.

I know some folks really don't like saturated colors but I think it really works in certain images and this one is one of them.

Again, very impressive.

Erich

A few Shots from Harry's Wildlife Shoot

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