Blue-winged Teal in the Marsh Spa
Jun 28, 2013 12:06:45 #
Even Teals like to do Spas!
Blue-winged Teal waiting to get into the Spa
Ahhh! Feels so Good!
Jun 28, 2013 13:19:00 #
How did you get close enough to him/her? Even with the space hubble telescope I can never get a shot of these teals. Nice pictures.
Jun 28, 2013 13:30:02 #
scurveedog wrote:
How did you get close enough to him/her? Even with the space hubble telescope I can never get a shot of these teals. Nice pictures.
scurveedog,
I was on a boardwalk and they did not spook.
The Teal on the log was shot at 200mm and the swimmer was shot at 400mm.
This is one of the reasons I like the 100-400 L, I can move in and out as need.
Thanks for your flattering comment,
Tom
Jun 28, 2013 16:18:31 #
Jun 28, 2013 22:04:01 #
oldmalky wrote:
Damn nice shots.
oldmalky,
The unique composition of the flowers, water and the Teals really caught my eye.
Thank you for comments.
Tom
Jun 29, 2013 13:30:05 #
Jul 1, 2013 10:27:46 #
Nice job!
Next time, lay down on the boardwalk (if possible) to get an eye level view. You'd be surprised at how much that can improve a photo like this!
Next time, lay down on the boardwalk (if possible) to get an eye level view. You'd be surprised at how much that can improve a photo like this!
Jul 1, 2013 21:56:06 #
Thank you
I believe that I do remember that you suggested to someone sometime ago to get down on a level with the bird to eliminate the shadow ( or mirror effect ).
Getting down on or near the same plane as the bird will also really change the perspective of the shot.
I'll keep that in mind birdpix.
Thanks,
Tom
I believe that I do remember that you suggested to someone sometime ago to get down on a level with the bird to eliminate the shadow ( or mirror effect ).
Getting down on or near the same plane as the bird will also really change the perspective of the shot.
I'll keep that in mind birdpix.
Thanks,
Tom
Jul 1, 2013 23:31:05 #
Tom O wrote:
Thank you
I believe that I do remember that you suggested to someone sometime ago to get down on a level with the bird to eliminate the shadow ( or mirror effect ).
Getting down on or near the same plane as the bird will also really change the perspective of the shot.
I'll keep that in mind birdpix.
Thanks,
Tom
I believe that I do remember that you suggested to someone sometime ago to get down on a level with the bird to eliminate the shadow ( or mirror effect ).
Getting down on or near the same plane as the bird will also really change the perspective of the shot.
I'll keep that in mind birdpix.
Thanks,
Tom
Tom, my suggestion about getting low is not to get rid of the reflection but to change the background. When you shoot from above, the background is the water/flowers and they are close enough that they are within the DOF and relatively sharp. The duck doesn't stand out against the background. When you get low, the background is farther back, perhaps even the far shore which is very out of focus and isolates the subject more.
I should do a special post about that with some examples.
Jul 2, 2013 08:04:21 #
birdpix wrote:
Tom, my suggestion about getting low is not to get rid of the reflection but to change the background. When you shoot from above, the background is the water/flowers and they are close enough that they are within the DOF and relatively sharp. The duck doesn't stand out against the background. When you get low, the background is farther back, perhaps even the far shore which is very out of focus and isolates the subject more.
I should do a special post about that with some examples.
I should do a special post about that with some examples.
If you do post some examples, I would appreciate it.
Thank you,
Tom
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