Feed the birds.....

Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
edited April 11, 2005 in Wildlife
Hello All,
After a tough morning over at the beach, Andy and I met up with Ian at the Baylands, Friday afternoon. It was pretty funny. It was raining on and off, so we'd spend 10 minutes shooting and slogging through the mud, and then spend 15 minutes in the car trying to stay dry. Then we'd repeat....lol

Andy wanted to try something different, even though there were lots of egrets and herons around. So he got one of the rolls left from lunch (Friday morning will be covered with a post in sports) and started doing his bird trainer act :lol

Here birdie, birdie.....nice birdie
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He wanted to feed the smaller birds not the big guys like the ducks, pigeons and gulls. He lured a few red-winged black birds close enough to take the bread out of his fingers.

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In between downpours we did manage to get some decent egret and heron shots.

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The light was pretty bad. It varied between overcast and dusk levels :dunno
Fortunately, we had a vehicle to wait out the rain. So we stayed dry, for the most part. Unlike the poor birds :uhoh

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We were there a couple of hours and maybe got an hour's worth of shooting in. All that waiting in the car made us ravenous, so we had to adjourn to the local cantina for cervezas and mexican food :eat :slurp :eat


The day started off pretty bad, but as usual, ended up delightfully :thumb

Thanks for looking,
Steve
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  • Thiago SigristThiago Sigrist Registered Users Posts: 336 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2005
    Hey Steve!
    Looks like it was a beautiful shooting day, despite the weather and light and such...

    More importantly, you surely had great company, that's what matters! :D

    IMHO the two last shots are great: they're beautifully exposed, sharp... And the very last one is quite funny! :):

    Thanks so much for sharing!
    Take care!

    -- thiago
  • bfjrbfjr Registered Users Posts: 10,980 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2005
    Sounds like you guys had another good one thumb.gif
    Excellent BIF clap.gif
    The images of Andy's arm ................Ummmm I don't know ne_nau.gif :lol4 :hide
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  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2005
    Hey Steve,

    Good shots except for the first one. I'm still amazed, Andy sharing food. I never thought I would see the day. biggrinbounce2.gif
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  • jwearjwear Registered Users Posts: 8,014 Major grins
    edited April 10, 2005
    you think it was a trick shot ???ne_nau.gif maybe that is not an arm or steve twisting his other arm to share --- great pics hard for us to match the bifs of yours and harry clap.gifthumb.gif JEff
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited April 11, 2005
    Thiago Sigrist wrote:
    Looks like it was a beautiful shooting day, despite the weather and light and such...

    More importantly, you surely had great company, that's what matters! :D

    IMHO the two last shots are great: they're beautifully exposed, sharp... And the very last one is quite funny! :):

    Thanks so much for sharing!
    Take care!

    -- thiago
    Thanks Thiago :D

    Yep, like they say "The worst day of shooting is better than the best day at work" :): This was far from my worst day....lol You are correct. The great company made for a super day clap.gifclap.gif Andy and Ian are a ball to shoot with (cept they attract so much attention with those big WHITE lenses :lol )

    Thanks for the comments on the shots. I didn't do much post processing on the first 2 ne_nau.gif They look pretty flat. Oh well.....lol I did feel sorry for those birds. Thye had nowhere to go to get out of the rain :uhoh

    Thanks for commenting,
    Steve
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited April 11, 2005
    bfjr wrote:
    Sounds like you guys had another good one thumb.gif
    Excellent BIF clap.gif
    The images of Andy's arm ................Ummmm I don't know ne_nau.gif :lol4 :hide
    Thanks Ben :D

    Yep, we always have good times, whether we get any shots, or not thumb.gif

    You didn't like Andy's impersonation of the Pigeon Lady from Mary Poppins? lol3.gif

    Thanks for looking and commenting,
    Steve
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited April 11, 2005
    Harryb wrote:
    Hey Steve,

    Good shots except for the first one. I'm still amazed, Andy sharing food. I never thought I would see the day. biggrinbounce2.gif
    Thanks Harry :D

    Well, actually Andy was sharing my food rolleyes1.gif I had packed up my leftovers (Andy seldom has any rolleyes1.gif ) and took the three sourdough rolls that were left. I gave Andy one of the rolls to do his bird act. So I guess you still haven't seen Andy sharing his food......Laughing.gif


    Thanks for looking,
    Steve
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  • Steve CaviglianoSteve Cavigliano Super Moderators Posts: 3,599 moderator
    edited April 11, 2005
    jwear wrote:
    you think it was a trick shot ???ne_nau.gif maybe that is not an arm or steve twisting his other arm to share --- great pics hard for us to match the bifs of yours and harry clap.gifthumb.gif JEff
    Thanks Jeff :D

    It's not about you, or anyone else, matching Harry's work or my pics. It's all about whether your pics today, look better than yesterday's pics thumb.gifthumb.gif You are doing very well at this. Keep it up clap.gif

    Thanks for your comments,
    Steve
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