Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Very nice, and well done.Maybe needs to be a bit darker. Cheers, Gene ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Herr" <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> To: lug at leica-users.org, "LEG" <leica at freelists.org>, "LeicaReflex" <leicareflex at freelists.org> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 3:05:21 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 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 _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information