Tree Swallows

gluwater

This morning I had the privilege of attending a Nature Photography workshop by Calumet Photo and led by Todd Gustafson. Todd is a Nikon Pro and has been published many times, including National Geographic magazine. He is a wonderful man and was very helpful to all experience levels that attended the workshop. The main focus of the workshop was long lens photography and also Macro. To all the Nikon shooters out there, this was a workshop that would have made you drool. Calumet provided Nikon bodies and glass, including multiple 600 f/4's for our use. Even though the workshop was focused on Nikon gear, the techniques and processing are universal. So enough of my rambling, here is my favorite shot of the day. Hope you like it, and if you have the chance to take a workshop in your area you should jump at the chance.

Ric Grupe

Very, very nice, Nick.

Swallows have to be among the hardest to capture.....and here you have a regular convention going on.

I've been watching that shutter speed.

gluwater

Ric Grupe wrote:

Very, very nice, Nick.

Swallows have to be among the hardest to capture.....and here you have a regular convention going on.

I've been watching that shutter speed.

Yeah yeah, I wanted to make sure they were all in focus so I went up to f/16. I probably could have gotten away with f/11 and kept my shutter speed up. I can't pay attention to everything all the time. Thanks Ric.

Ric Grupe

gluwater wrote:

Yeah yeah, I wanted to make sure they were all in focus so I went up to f/16. I probably could have gotten away with f/11 and kept my shutter speed up. I can't pay attention to everything all the time. Thanks Ric.

Oh! I was talking about my shots.

After you told me to keep it over 1/400.....I've been trying to do it.

That was you....right?

David_S85

Nick, what an excellent opportunity! Glad you could go out and attend. Great shot there. I'll bet you're holding onto a lot more shots like that one.

How many attended? Where was it held?

gluwater

Ric Grupe wrote:

Oh! I was talking about my shots.

After you told me to keep it over 1/400.....I've been trying to do it.

That was you....right?

Yes it was me Ric, it was good advice, I need to take my own advice. This was shot at f/16 1/125th with a 400 f/5.6 + Tamron 1.4TC. At least it was on a tripod:D.

saurora

Nice shot, Nick. It has a very surreal appearance to it. So, did you buy a new lens????

gluwater

David_S85 wrote:

Nick, what an excellent opportunity! Glad you could go out and attend. Great shot there. I'll bet you're holding onto a lot more shots like that one.

How many attended? Where was it held?

Thanks David. I've got the same swallows in different poses, maybe once I go through them I'll post a couple more. Most of the other shots I took were macro so if you want to see them keep an eye out in the Other Shots forum. There were 25 spots and I got the last one:D. It was held at the Peck Farm Park in Geneva IL. It is a retired farm that is now a restored prarie. So there are wildflowers, bugs, a little pond, Old farm house and a butterfly house. It was pretty nice but it was kind of a trek for me.

gluwater

saurora wrote:

Nice shot, Nick. It has a very surreal appearance to it. So, did you buy a new lens????

No, they didn't have any lenses for sale, and all the equipment they brought was Nikon and I shoot Canon. Thanks for looking.

Skippy

gluwater wrote:

This morning I had the privilege of attending a Nature Photography workshop by Calumet Photo and led by Todd Gustafson. Todd is a Nikon Pro and has been published many times, including National Geographic magazine. He is a wonderful man and was very helpful to all experience levels that attended the workshop. The main focus of the workshop was long lens photography and also Macro. To all the Nikon shooters out there, this was a workshop that would have made you drool. Calumet provided Nikon bodies and glass, including multiple 600 f/4's for our use. Even though the workshop was focused on Nikon gear, the techniques and processing are universal. So enough of my rambling, here is my favorite shot of the day. Hope you like it, and if you have the chance to take a workshop in your area you should jump at the chance.

Geezzz Nick that image Pops !
Wow.... who had to clean up the drool after your lesson
and did they search your bags before you all left

Glad you had a good time, and thanks for sharing your results with us.
Skippy (Australia)

Maestro

Very nice capture!

Harryb

Hey Nick,

Outstanding shot .

Its alway great to do a workshop. No matter how much one thinks they know there is always something more to learn. The info you picked up will be a starting point for further development as you take what you learned and adapt it towards your shooting style.

When you get a chnace maybe you could post a more detailed report on the training in a review format.

dallas

Beautiful shots Nick. Thanks for the endorsement, I'm going to a workshop at Calumet with Don Gale on Sat., and I hope it will be as productive as yours.

Dick on Aruba

Nice capture

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.