Also, seeing as how the bird flying by the skewed building was also shot with a 50 (a collapsible 'cron; apologies to the "reflex" group) maybe if I just limited my bird shooting to 50mm lenses only... Bob Palmieri >>> rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx 06/15/04 8:20 PM >>> Doug - See what I mean... there really ain't all that much "there" there. Thank you for stating my goal with more clarity that I could apparently muster. Bob Palmieri >>> telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/15/04 5:31 PM >>> Let's see if I 'get' the concept - your goal is to use the birds as compositional elements in the picture as a whole rather than pictures 'of' the birds with collateral habitat. Yes? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com Robert Palmieri <rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Well... seeing as how you asked and all that, I'll answer your inquiry > by posting some "works in progress" meaning I feel that they're a lot > rougher in concept and/or execution than stuff I'm used to sharing with > the group (not that those are all that much more fully baked). > > Here we have a trio of familiar urban avians doing their best to help me > with my "mannered" and formal rendering (shot on my belly with a 'flex > and 50 'cron): > http://gallery.leica-users.org/chicago-birds/pigeons > And here I've tried to make the flyer into the best "level reference" > against the skewey solid building: > http://www.pbase.com/image/29939477 > Both jpegs are looking a little dark but the general ideas are there... >>> telyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 06/13/04 5:34 PM >>> on 6/13/04 3:52 AM, Robert Palmieri at rpalmier@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > I decided that I wanted to try to use the birds as > an integrated part of the picture, but that's yet another specific > self-assignment that'll probably take quite some time to get a handle on. Bob, I'm intrigued. Can you expand on this concept? Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/ ------ Unsubscribe or change to/from Digest Mode at: www.horizon.bc.ca/~dnr/lrflex.htm Archives are at: www.freelists.org/archives/leicareflex/