Thanks Jay, and thanks for the kind offer, Robert. I have a question for the group. Most of these gorgeous photos of warblers seem to be at eye level. I don't get the impression that the camera is shooting from below at all. My warblers like the tops of my very tall pine trees. How are you accomplishing this? gayla ________________________________________ From: missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [missbirdphotos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of J K Cliburn [jcliburn@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 8:59 PM To: missbirdphotos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [missbirdphotos] Re: Bird walk today Well done, Gayla. Nice shot of the heron. Hope the portable studio works out! Jay Sent from my iPad On Apr 7, 2012, at 19:00, "Dance, Gayla" <dancegf@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Except for the mosquito swarms and poison ivy, we had a great morning at Le > Fleur's park. > > The warblers need to be sedated if I am ever going to have a chance to > photograph one. I am attaching a photo of a yellow crowned night heron that > I took at the rookery. I am thrilled beyond words that his eyes are in focus. > > I am setting up a backyard bird studio. I have a bird blind in place and > placed the Japanese maple in a container strategically close to the small > pole feeder. They are both movable so I can keep them in the light. I am > sure this would have worked much better if the dog didn't find it such great > sport to make the birds fly. Grrrr. > > Wish I could have met y'all today. > > gayla > > http://s7.photobucket.com/albums/y252/Ladymathprof/?action=view¤t=yellowcrownednightheron.jpg > > >