Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/09/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Douglas Thanks for looking. The fish, I think, is a red piranha, supposedly the terror and scourge of the South American water bodies! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > While the third shot is great, Jayanand, I prefer the action of the second > as the splash signifies more to me. BTW what was the fish? I don't think it > was a piranha. I think the colouring looks wrong, yes? > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" < > jayanand at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>; "PSM" < > psm-1857 at googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2016 12:39 AM > Subject: [Leica] Black-collared Hawk > > > Today's Pantanal Photo Post is a bit of action. Getting these shots eluded >> me, through a couple of attempts - normally I would photograph a bit of >> wing or just the talons, till literally the last time I could have got >> them >> - maybe desperation helped. Otherwise I found the Black-collared Hawk just >> too fast, agile and maneuverable for my aging reflexes to keep up with it >> through a viewfinder on a bobbing boat - till I found this one coming >> towards me, one that cooperated by patiently staying centered in my >> viewfinder! I had just switched the lens to the 70-200mm from a longer >> lens >> to give some margin for error, and so that, too, helped. I have posted >> four >> shots from the series I took, and I think the perfect shot is the third >> one, what do you all think? >> >> Approach: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/ >> untitled-20160813-3933.jpg.html >> >> Catch: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/ >> untitled-20160813-3934.jpg.html >> >> Turn: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/ >> Pantanal-20160813-3936.jpg.html >> >> Homeward Bound: >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Brazil/Pantanal/ >> untitled-20160813-3937.jpg.html >> >> Please see LARGE. >> >> Comments and criticism, as ever, encouraged, and welcome. >> >> Cheers >> Jayanand >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >