[LRflex] Re: dumbfounded...
- From: Miha Golobic <miha.golobic@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:28:24 +0200
Hi David,
yes it been a bit quiet (too quiet) for the last week or two :-(
Anyway, I like your great photo and I don't mind the condtitions in which it
was taken.
*But it fascinated me, how far some folks will go to get a "natural looking"
photo.*
As you are probbably aware, the "state of the art" BBC documentary movies
are filmed und the very controlled conditions! Half is even filmed in the
studio....but the results are stunning, like your pix.
Cheers,
Miha
2009/6/28 David Young <dsy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Good Mornin', fellow Flexers...
>
> I've been a bit quiet, these last few days, as I've been supporting Rose in
> her Camp Cook efforts out at Gottan Lake. This has largely kept me away
> from the computer and my camera.
>
> However, when I first headed out to Gottan Lake, I passed a group of 5 or 6
> photographers - all from a nearby camera club - shooting blue-birds in a
> field. A few days later, I passed a different group of photogs, in the same
> spot.
>
> So, some days later, when I had a chance, I went back to that spot and,
> sure enough, within moments, a blue-bird appeared and I got this shot...
>
> http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/B-Bird-2.htm
>
> The key, here, is not the bird, but rather the reed he is perched on. For,
> after I'd taken a few shots and he moved on, I started to think about the
> reed. This was a farmer's field - and there were no such reeds for a dozen
> kilometers in any direction. I wandered closer. From the other side, this
> became visible.
>
> http://www.furnfeather.net/Temps/B-Bird-perch.htm
>
> I looked around, and the place was filled with a half-dozen or more such
> reeds. A closer look showed that they were all within 20 feet (6 meters) of
> a man-made nesting box!
>
> Now, I prefer to take my wildlife photos, in the wild .. no blinds, no bait
> stations, no tricks. There are many other ways to get a shot and I
> certainly do not feel my way is superior... it's just the way I like to do
> things. I like the idea of keeping the "wild" in wildlife photography.
>
> To the credit of the group, as I returned from Gottan Lake, yesterday,
> they'd obviously been back and had removed all traces of both reeds and duct
> tape.
>
> But it fascinated me, how far some folks will go to get a "natural looking"
> photo.
>
> Cd&C welcomed, as always.
>
> Cheers!
> ---
> David Young
> Logan Lake, BC
>
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