[LRflex] Re: Rain
- From: "Robert O. SHAW" <rj5s@xxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2006 19:18:24 -0800
David:
Lovely.
I really like the rainwater beading up on the feathers. That's for real.
As another who learned to appreciate rain (Seattle), I'd say you could only
have done better by "being" the bird. Or perhaps you did - as you peered
at the display and took the shot - and that's why it reproduced so nicely.
Bob in Seattle
What David Said:
>What I didnt't mention here, was that the shot was a bit difficult to=20
>make. As I'd mentioned on one of the other lists...it was shot in the=20
>midst of a tropical downpour, in a Rain Forest. About an inch of rain in =
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>20 minutes.
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>To make things even more difficult, I was shooting on the Sarapiqu=ED =20
>River, from a boat with about 20 other folks in it, all moving about...=20
>not to mention the vibration of the outboard motor and the motion of=20
>the boat itself. The saving grace was that I was under cover - so the=20
>cameras stayed dry.
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>Were I to go again, I'd never substitute the 80~200 Vario Elmar and 2x=20
>converter for the 400mm Telyt. I'd always used 100 ISO in the tropics =20
>- and never felt the need for more speed. Until I hit the rain forrest,=20
>on a rainy day. I needed ISO 3200 to axchieve a 1/250th second shutter=20
>speed. Without that, I've have been sunk!
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>Still, I considered myself very lucky. I got off about 8 or 9 shots of =
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>the Anhinga and about 3 are sharp as tacks! I think that's pretty good, =
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>considering the conditions. :-)
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>Watch this space for other Costa Rican bird photos... coming soon, to a =
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>computer screen near you!
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>And, thanks for looking!
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>=3D=3D=3D
>David Young,
>Logan Lake, BC
>CANADA.
>
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