Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Doug, I like this one alot! I think you nailed it with the slower shutter speed putting the water more out of focus and giving a strong sense of the moving water. Achieved exactly the effect you were shooting for.....well done!! Gary ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> > To: "lug at leica-users.org" <lug at leica-users.org>, LEG <leica at > freelists.org>, > LeicaReflex <leicareflex at freelists.org> > Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 13:05:21 -0800 (GMT-08:00) > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Great Blue Heron > The local fish hatchery's resident Great Blue Heron has been very > cooperative but the backgrounds and lighting have not been. Yesterday I > tried unusual (for me) technique: > > I used a tripod > I used the camera's base ISO > I stopped the lens down to f/19 > I used rubber muck boots > I used mirror pre-release and self timer > I used a 1/2 sec shutter speed. > > There were 2 ideas behind the 1/2 sec shutter speed. First, I wanted to > reduce the contrast of the flowing water, and second, I wanted to contrast > the heron's motionlessness with the flowing water. The rubber muck boots > were so I could stand in the stream without soaking my feet. I did this to > get a jumble of rocks out of the background. > > What do you think? (klicken Sie the Picture to embiggen the Pixels) > > http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/ardeidae/gbhero04big.jpg > > R8/DMR, 280mm f/4 APO > > All comments and critique welcome. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > >