Posts for: GWZ
Mar 16, 2018 08:57:41 #
To all who viewed and replied -
Thank you for viewing. I am glad you enjoyed them. This series, which started out one day just trying to hone my BIF skills, has been a lot of fun for me.
As for the dangling legs in the last image - yes, they bother me too. However, I am just skilled enough in Photoshop Elements to make it look like I tried to remove the legs, without being able to make it look like the legs were never there. Upgrading these skills is another area I am working on.
Gary
Thank you for viewing. I am glad you enjoyed them. This series, which started out one day just trying to hone my BIF skills, has been a lot of fun for me.
As for the dangling legs in the last image - yes, they bother me too. However, I am just skilled enough in Photoshop Elements to make it look like I tried to remove the legs, without being able to make it look like the legs were never there. Upgrading these skills is another area I am working on.
Gary
Mar 12, 2018 22:01:29 #
I posted some gull images back on Feb. 19. Since then I have been back to the lake and got a few more images. One day there was no wind and no waves, making conditions good for some reflections.
Constructive C&C welcome.
Enjoy.
Gary
Constructive C&C welcome.
Enjoy.
Gary
Feb 20, 2018 23:09:50 #
Thank you for all who have looked. I am so glad you enjoyed them.
Gary
Gary
Feb 20, 2018 09:47:59 #
"most excellent gulls, can even see the "yellow" of their eyes. I am beginning birder. what shutter speed, iso, apperture used?
Absolutely amazing,"
(NOTE - I mistakenly replied to joeblow, which made no sense; the reply should have been directed to 2dawgs, as he was the one who asked the question)
2dawgs
It was around 4:45 pm EST and pretty sunny, with some high clouds that diffused the sunlight just a bit. The sun was coming from just behind me. I used aperture priority (between 5.6 and 8) at ISO 640. I let the camera select the shutter speed, which was in the 1/1,000+ range at the start. Then, as the sun went down, and as the clouds got a bit thicker, the shutter speed dipped into the 1/500 range, making for blurry images. I went with aperture priority because I knew I had good light. In hindsight, as the light was diminishing I should have switched to shutter priority to keep it at least at 1/1,000. Live and learn.
I also used continuous focus tracking and the facial/eye portrait setting to aid in getting the eye to be the primary target in the image. I used the burst mode shutter control.
These were all shot with an Olympus OM-D EM-1 MK II with the 40-150mm f2.8 pro lens. Distance to birds was between 15' to 50'. The images here are cropped substantially.
I hope this helps.
Absolutely amazing,"
(NOTE - I mistakenly replied to joeblow, which made no sense; the reply should have been directed to 2dawgs, as he was the one who asked the question)
2dawgs
It was around 4:45 pm EST and pretty sunny, with some high clouds that diffused the sunlight just a bit. The sun was coming from just behind me. I used aperture priority (between 5.6 and 8) at ISO 640. I let the camera select the shutter speed, which was in the 1/1,000+ range at the start. Then, as the sun went down, and as the clouds got a bit thicker, the shutter speed dipped into the 1/500 range, making for blurry images. I went with aperture priority because I knew I had good light. In hindsight, as the light was diminishing I should have switched to shutter priority to keep it at least at 1/1,000. Live and learn.
I also used continuous focus tracking and the facial/eye portrait setting to aid in getting the eye to be the primary target in the image. I used the burst mode shutter control.
These were all shot with an Olympus OM-D EM-1 MK II with the 40-150mm f2.8 pro lens. Distance to birds was between 15' to 50'. The images here are cropped substantially.
I hope this helps.
Feb 20, 2018 09:36:47 #
Thank you all for commenting and enjoying. Glad you liked them.
Gary
Gary
Feb 19, 2018 22:46:50 #
Went down to Lake Monroe near Bloomington, IN, today, to work on BIF technique. Gulls were the only BIF around, so they were the target du jour.
Constructive C&C welcome.
Enjoy
Constructive C&C welcome.
Enjoy
Jan 16, 2018 20:43:18 #
Jan 16, 2018 18:53:29 #
Out hiking briefly today (single digit cold and -F windchill) and found this buck bedded down about 50 feet from me. I just happened to stumble across him and had the camera ready.
Enjoy.
Gary
Enjoy.
Gary
Jan 16, 2018 09:39:31 #
I have the Oly EM-1 MK II with the 12-100 f4 is my walk around lens. Compared to my prior setup (Nikon d5300 and 18-140 zoom) the Oly combo is just right in terms of weight. I also lived in Hawaii for many years. I suspect most of your activities will be outside, which means bright sun with little bits of clouds off and on. If that is the case then the 12-100 f4 should be more than adequate. The 25mm/f1.8 would also be good for those times where low light is your only option (e.g., in a museum, evening luau).
Gary
Gary
Jan 11, 2018 09:33:02 #
Joe Blow wrote:
Our rug rat is looking into IU this fall.
Joe, please feel free to PM me if you have any questions about IU . Both of my sons attended IU between 2008 and 2014.
Gary
Jan 10, 2018 19:07:03 #
With the extremely cold weather we had recently in central Indiana Lake Monroe froze to a depth of about 5" - 6". The heron stood in this position for a good 20 minutes hoping against hope before moving on to the location in the next picture.
In this image the heron appears to have seen something. However, any fish he would see likely would have been frozen into the ice. Sorry for the lack of quality but the second image is from about 200 yards and is heavily cropped.
Enjoy.
Gary
In this image the heron appears to have seen something. However, any fish he would see likely would have been frozen into the ice. Sorry for the lack of quality but the second image is from about 200 yards and is heavily cropped.
Enjoy.
Gary
Jan 10, 2018 13:04:32 #
Thanks to all who enjoyed and replied. Glad you appreciated them.
Gary
Gary
Jan 9, 2018 12:28:40 #
Jan 9, 2018 08:54:30 #
Thank you all for viewing and glad you enjoyed these images.
Gary
Gary
Jan 9, 2018 08:53:52 #
Bill_de wrote:
I think there is one more picture in there with the 2 rocks being more prominent and a spit of land intruding from the left.
The first is my favorite the way the reflection of the tree looks like it grew into the ice.
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The first is my favorite the way the reflection of the tree looks like it grew into the ice.
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Bill, thanks for the comments. here is a revised image based on your suggestion. I was limited on the spit of land on the left as the boat launching ramp intrudes into that portion of the image, and I wanted that cropped out.
Gary
