harry, what's this?

AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
edited March 26, 2005 in Wildlife
i believe this guy is a friend of yours?

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:lol3 got a chance to go shoot some birds with steve tonight, but really it was just for me to get my "fix" y'know?

this guy kept getting into all my shots :dunno

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it was pouring rain all day - and you wouldn't believe even after i flew all the way across country, i still had to drag o'le steve around the perk ponds :lol3

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of course, it's all about the food, and we headed over to forbes mill steakhouse for a little bit of sustenance. :eat

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i have a great respect for you birders, it's not easy shooting these darn things! i have a few bb shots also :lol3 and i s'pose, shooting with my 24mm lens wasn't the greatest idea :D naw only kidding. i actually gave it a twirl with my 70-200 f/2.8L + 1.4tc aboard. still - very hard and of course i see now why you birders want reeaaaaaaaaaach :deal
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  • gusgus Registered Users Posts: 16,209 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    andy wrote:


    of course, it's all about the food, and we headed over to forbes mill steakhouse for a little bit of sustenance. :eat

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    Should have asked for more spinach mate...that stuff turns you into a Tyrannosaurus Rex !!
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    Hey Andy,

    Bless my heart but that's a Snowy Egret and you even managed to get a good pic of him too. thumb.gif Shame that bozo had to move into the frame and mess up your second shot. rolleyes1.gif

    That steak looks pretty good. Now that I can BBQ 12 months out of the year I can cook them myself now. :eat
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 22, 2005
    that bozo
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Andy,

    Bless my heart but that's a Snowy Egret and you even managed to get a good pic of him too. thumb.gif Shame that bozo had to move into the frame and mess up your second shot. rolleyes1.gif

    That steak looks pretty good. Now that I can BBQ 12 months out of the year I can cook them myself now. :eat

    he looks pretty good under the rainbow, eh what?

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  • DeeDee Registered Users Posts: 2,981 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    What a great shot
    andy wrote:
    he looks pretty good under the rainbow, eh what?

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    I hope you make Steve a fine 13 x 19 print for his office wall!

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    Humungus wrote:
    Should have asked for more spinach mate...that stuff turns you into a Tyrannosaurus Rex !!

    'gus, didja see all the veggies on my plate? lol3.gif
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  • 4labs4labs Registered Users Posts: 2,089 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    Great shot of Steve Andy. You didn't even burn out his bald spotrolleyes1.gif
  • GREAPERGREAPER Registered Users Posts: 3,113 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    4labs wrote:
    Great shot of Steve Andy. You didn't even burn out his bald spotrolleyes1.gif
    Harsh. ne_nau.gif
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    Dee wrote:
    I hope you make Steve a fine 13 x 19 print for his office wall!

    Dee

    why thank you, dee :D we had a good time.... i really don't do birds, so this was new for me...
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  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    Dayum, I like both shots with Steve in the them. Is the second a composite, or the real deal?
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    wxwax wrote:
    Dayum, I like both shots with Steve in the them. Is the second a composite, or the real deal?

    real deal. i'm on a laptop, no time for composites waxy! i have no sherpa this trip, so therefore no g5, no 30 incher lol3.gif

    i set the 20d parms way up on that last shot, really saturated. that's the jpg out of the camera. if i make a print for steve, i'd do it from the raw file, and make it so he's not so separated from the background, eh? seems a tad too sharp i think :)

    thanks w.
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  • ginger_55ginger_55 Registered Users Posts: 8,416 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    Harry, how did some of those egrets you sent me end up with Andy and Steve in California?

    70-200L lens............:lol4 At least you didn't blow the egret, not that I have examined extremely carefully. Noise, didn't look. But with that lens :lol I don't suppose you had those problems.


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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited March 23, 2005
    andy wrote:
    he looks pretty good under the rainbow, eh what?

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    Andy,
    I thought we agreed that you we're gonna give me a Photoshop hair transplant eek7.gif :lol :lol Good thing the Sun wasn't out, or you'd have gotten some helacious flare off that dome lol3.gif

    Seriously, this is a very nice shot thumb.gifthumb.gif I'm sure if the DW sees it, I'll have to get a print made rolleyes1.gif ....lol


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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 23, 2005
    4labs wrote:
    Great shot of Steve Andy. You didn't even burn out his bald spotrolleyes1.gif

    lol3.gif
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited March 23, 2005
    4labs wrote:
    Great shot of Steve Andy. You didn't even burn out his bald spotrolleyes1.gif
    eek7.gif I get no respect!! I knew I shoulda wore a hat rolleyes1.gif


    That's really a solar panel :): I can even recharge my camera battery with it :lol :lol


    LMBBO thumb.gifthumb.gif

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    GREAPER wrote:
    Harsh. ne_nau.gif

    it was, but steve can take it lol3.gif he's made of iron!
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  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,949 moderator
    edited March 24, 2005
    Hey Andy! You should come down here (SAN)...it was sunny(mostly) today :)

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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 24, 2005
    ginger_55 wrote:

    thanks ginger :D
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  • AndyAndy Registered Users Posts: 50,016 Major grins
    edited March 26, 2005
    ian408 wrote:
    Hey Andy! You should come down here (SAN)...it was sunny(mostly) today :)

    Ian

    i'm gonna have to make a trip to sandy eggo one of these days. thanks, ian.
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