Great picture of a gorgeous bird David! Thanks for sharing. Elliot ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Young" <telyt@xxxxxxxxx> To: <leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <leica@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 3:03 AM Subject: [LRflex] Going Loony > All: > > For some time, I've been trying to get a decent shot of a "Common > Loon". However, they usually stay far enough from shore that even > with big glass, they're hard to capture. > > Yesterday, a friend was visiting from Alberta, and we went fishing, > on Face Lake. Well, actually he went fishing ... I tagged along with > a camera. Towards dusk, a Loon finally started to swim near us. The > light was fading, and he was in the shadows, so the shot lacks a > "brilliance" that I'd like to see. OTOH, his diving for dinner gave > his head a decoration not always seen and the colouration is marvelous. > > So, it's not the "perfect shot", but it's the best I've been able to > muster, so far. And, not bad for a 200mm + 2x, hand held from a 14" > aluminum boat! > > See: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/ and then click on "Featured > Photo", on the left. > > Teckie stuff: LeiCanon 30D w/80~200/f4 Vario + 2x converter ... hand > held from a 14' (4.25 meter) aluminum boat. ISO 800 and underexposed by 1 > stop. > > Comments, criticisms appreciated, as always. > > Thanks for looking. :-) > > --- > > David Young, > Logan Lake, CANADA > > Wildlife Photographs: http://www.telyt.com/ > Personal Web-pages: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt > Stock Photography at: http://tinyurl.com/2amll4 > > ------ > Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: > http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm > Archives are at: > //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: http://www3.telus.net/~telyt/lrflex.htm Archives are at: //www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/