Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought so,too - that most were out of focus and mightily sharpened in Photoshop. A fast frame rate and subsequent cropping would be my guess. Try these galleries (other than Doug!) for great nature/action shots: Ron Reznick: http://www.digital-images.net/Gallery/Wildlife/wildlife.html John Shaw: http://www.johnshawphoto.com/galleries.html Wayne Lynch: http://www.waynelynch.ca/owls_gallery.html Art Wolfe: http://www.artwolfe.com/index.php#at=0&s=0&p=1&mi=2&pt=1&pi=10000&a=2 Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:30 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto@earthlink.net>wrote: > Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > > >>>> > On Feb 17, 2009, at 2:10 AM, Gary wrote: > > > > > A friend sent this link to me... Comments? > > > > > > http://www.miguellasa.com/photos/sspopup.mg?AlbumID=1001578 > > > > > These are FANTASTIC action shots. I find them much more appealing > than the usual bird photographs where the subjects look like they > were stuffed and mounted in a museum. They imply that the > photographer had lightning quick reflexes, a camera with minimum > shutter lag, great focusing ability with a long telephoto lens, and > an almost infinite supply of film. Are any technical details > available for these photos, camera, lens, film or digital, location? > <<<< > > The vast majority of wildlife photographers depend more on fast frame rates > than lightning quick reflexes or minimum shutter lag, keeping a cross-type > AF sensor on the subject and "sharpening" software instead of great > focussing ability (didja notice the sharp background and blurry bird photo, > and all the sharp tails and "sharpened" osprey heads?) and a fast > large-capacity memory card instead of film. Go to any internet wildlife > photography forum and it's all about IS or VR, AF speed and the aperture > the > lens needs to be to make the AF work acceptably fast, frame rates, and high > ISO. Reflexes are a thing of the past, and the skills required now are > more > in programming the camera and lens than in eye/hand coordination. I'm not > intending to grump on anyone's photos, that's just how it is. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Kailua > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >