[LRflex] Re: IMG: Belted Kingfisher
- From: Philippe AMARD <philippe.amard@xxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:21:35 +0100
Looks better than any I will ever shot Doug!
And Friday is the right day for fish here ;-)
Keep showing
thanks again
phix
wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
The belted Kingfisher is notoriously difficult to get close to. I used a blind
for this photo, and made liberal use of Photoshop's cropping tools.
Now that I know where the bird's favorite perches are I can set up the blind
closer to teh perch, and with a better background. For now, this is what I've
got:
http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/alcedinidae/beki03.html
technical stuff: R8/DMR @ISO 400
280mm f/4 APO with 1.4x APO-Extender-R
tripod & blind
All comments welcome.
Doug Herr
Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com
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The belted Kingfisher is notoriously difficult to get close to. I used a blind for this photo, and made liberal use of Photoshop's cropping tools. Now that I know where the bird's favorite perches are I can set up the blind closer to teh perch, and with a better background. For now, this is what I've got: http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/alcedinidae/beki03.html technical stuff: R8/DMR @ISO 400 280mm f/4 APO with 1.4x APO-Extender-R tripod & blind All comments welcome. Doug Herr Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www.lrflex.furnfeather.net/ Archives are at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/
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