Re: I don't usually shoot birds
- From: Mark Bohrer <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:09:54 -0800
Sonny:
I've found the subjects in most flight shots to
be targets of opportunity - but it helps to be
ready. I've had best success watching a perched
bird and waiting for takeoff. Raptors may let you
know they're about to go by squatting and
crapping first to lighten their load. With most
birds, all you get is a downward squat, then takeoff.
Your heron image is nicely composed. The lines
from the tree reflection lead my eye in the
direction of the bird's travel. I'd like more
sharpness in the bird's head - but my guess is he
moved, and your shutter speed wasn't quite fast enough.
This guy was supposed to be a portrait, but he took off first:
http://tinyurl.com/4fjk3
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Mark Bohrer
Wildlife Photography on the Urban Edge
www.mountain-and-desert.com
At 12:32 PM 1/29/2007, you wrote:
In a message dated 1/28/2007 2:11:39 P.M.
Central Standard Time, douglas.sharp@xxxxxx writes:
But when you do...... !!!
Douglas
> http://www.sonc.com/blue1.htm
Thanks, Douglas. I think that's my first successful heron in flight.
Regards,
Sonny
http://www.sonc.com
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Oldest continuous settlement in La Louisiane
égalité, liberté, crawfish
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