Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/05/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On May 1, 2011, at 10:25 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > Lluis Ripoll wrote: > >> Great pictures Doug!, my favorite of these is >> >> http://wildlightphoto.com/birds/threskiornithidae/wfibis03.html > > Thanks for your comments, Lluis. For this particular photo I took > advantage of the strong winds from the north. I waited near the birds' > favorite feeding area and as the bird flew toward the feeding area from > the south their ground speed was much slower than if there had been no > wind. Following the bird with the camera was much easier this way. This > particular photo is un-cropped. I'm a little disappointed that I lost > some of the bird's toes but otherwise I'm very happy with this photo. My favorite of the group as well. For me the composition works perfectly; with the bird "coming into the frame" offering a wonderful movement; which may not have occurred were it not for that left edge tension. Regards, George Lottermoser george at imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist