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Subject: [Leica] Re: Raptor fishing action
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed Feb 18 08:50:39 2009
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As reportage its fine. It is not great wildlife photography.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Lawrence Zeitlin
<lrzeitlin@optonline.net>wrote:

> Obviously some of us look at the image and some of us look at the
> technique. Clearly there are two sets of opinions on the fishing osprey
> sequence. I really don't care how the shots were obtained or whether they
> were highly processed. They represent a side of cruel nature that is rarely
> seen in placid animal photographs or on TV. I personally hated Disney's
> Bambi because it taught a generation of viewers to regard deer as fuzzy,
> cuddly creatures instead of what they really are - 150 pound rats. Ask any
> suburban homeowner.
>
> Larry Z
>
>
>
>
> On Feb 18, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Jaynard wrote:
>
>  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
>>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Re: Raptor fishing action)
In reply to: Message from lrzeitlin at optonline.net (Lawrence Zeitlin) ([Leica] Re: Raptor fishing action)