[Leica] IMG: Great Blue Heron

[bensonga at gmail.com (Gary Benson)]

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



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> 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
>
>