Lucky Shot...

Hikin' Mike

I was trying something different. Usually I can't see these birds because I'm too short in my wheelchair and the chain link fence is a big obstruction. What to do? I can see the top of his head, so I focused on him and put my arms over my head and shot. Most of the time I got sky, ground, or a lot of OOF shots. This time I got one. For what it is, I'm really pleased with it. Cropped for composition...


Canon 5D, 300mm, 1.4TC
Manual, ISO 400, 1/2500, f/8

He's the whole photo. That's why I said it was a 'lucky shot'...

dlplumer

Way to be Mike

bhowdy

Nice job Mike ... way to improvise and overcome! Nice Stilt too!

Maestro

bhowdy wrote:

Nice job Mike ... way to improvise and overcome! Nice Stilt too!

Gale

Very nice
Great capture
Pretty picture

PrescottPhotog

Hikin' Mike wrote:

I was trying something different. Usually I can't see these birds because I'm too short in my wheelchair and the chain link fence is a big obstruction. What to do? I can see the top of his head, so I focused on him and put my arms over my head and shot. Most of the time I got sky, ground, or a lot of OOF shots. This time I got one.

Hi Mike, I see the photo journalists in the news crushes with their cameras over their heads snapping away and I often wondered if they ever got anything in their shots.. I guess you proved it can be done. Way to go..

Hikin' Mike

Thanks everybody for the comments!