Fun weekend

Froggy

Went to the trusty Sepulveda Basin Saturday, what a blast, the place was alive with opportunities, these are a few of the 50 or so keepers.

Antonio Correia

lens ? camera ?
Incredibly sharp your photos !...
What lens did you use ?
Regards

evil eggplant

sweet
You got a few nice ones there. Well done

Froggy wrote:

Went to the trusty Sepulveda Basin Saturday, what a blast, the place was alive with opportunities, these are a few of the 50 or so keepers.

Osprey Whisperer

Well done Froggy. You came out looking like the Prince. : Wonderful series.

dallas

What very a busy day, I wish I had been there...........excellent Hawk, and I love the flying ducks. Congratulations

johno

GREAT WEEKEND!

Good shots. With all these bird shots, I might have to go out and try it again. I resigned to the fact last year that I am no bird photographer.

Most of the time I get duck butt shots. No fun.

peace.
johno~

riddim_maker

congratulations Froggy,
what a difference a day makes. I was out there on friday and it was very slim picking. I guess they were off that day rehearsing for their Saturday performance. Great show!!!

Russ

Froggy

Thanks Guys
I'll post some more later, I have a bunch of realy cool stuff, Ever have one of those days when it seem like it all comes together.

Most of these shots were made with my Canon 400 5.6, the ducks shot with my 70-200 IS 2.8 with 1.4x on board, those were close enough.

It's amazing the difference a day can make anywhere we shoot, I went back on Sunday for as while NAda.

Thanks Again

Steve

Thusie

Super series! The last one is just adorable

Bob&Glennie

Fabulous!!!
Man, these are just fabulous! The heron with the mouse is maybe a tad over sharpened and that's compliment Sir. If the the picture was already so sharp that further sharpening shows then you've got an great picture.

Am I correct in concluding that you didn't use anything longer than 400mm? The reason I ask is that I have some wonderful opportunities for nesting ducks and Great Horned Owls ahead of me this summer but the longest lens I have is 200mm. That works out to the equivilent of 400mm on my Olympus 4/3 E system DSLR. I've been a little worried that it might not be long enough?

Thanks
Bob

Harryb

Outstanding Froggy. I especially liked the hawk and the grebe shots.
The GBH and ducks shots look like you were a tad agressive in your sharpening.

gluwater

I agree about the oversharpening. I also think a couple may be a bit oversaturated, mainly the GBH and Ducks in flight. Very nice captures on all your shots, I love days like that.

Bob&Glennie - 200mm is generally to short for wildlife photography. Keep in mind that, correct me if I'm wrong, these were taken with a 20D which has a crop factor of 1.6 so a 400mm is in essence a 640mm lens. Don't get me wrong, you can get good wildlife shots with less than 400mm's but having the reach makes it that much better. BTW regardless of how much reach you have, the wildlife will always be a little to far away, it's just a fact of life.

Rohirrim

Lovely captures Froggy, great job.