Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alastair,Montie,Ric,Gene,Jim,Tom,Tina Thanks for looking. I am fully aware that composite # 2 is corny as hell, but I couldn't resist! Tom, thanks for your idea, it never struck me to do it that way! Will try it out. Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 1:01 AM, Tina Manley <images at comporium.net> wrote: > Gorgeous bird photos! I love composites 1 & 3, 2 is a little too much for > me. > > Tina > > On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 11:55 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at > gmail.com > >wrote: > > > Last Sunday I was at Vedanthangal, a bird sanctuary close to Chennai. > This > > is basically a very large village pond which has acted as a breeding > ground > > for migratory birds for centuries - it is known to have been actively > > protected by the local people for over 300 years. The British actually > > forced to notify it as protected area in the late 18th century, on > > complaints by the villagers, because of indiscriminate shooting of birds > by > > their own soldiers. It is a shining example of conservation that can be > > achieved if the local inhabitants believe in the cause - in this case > > driven > > mainly the value of the bird guano as a fertilizer. > > > > I went there to try and improve my admittedly shaky technique for > shooting > > birds in flight. All shots taken the Nikon D700 with a fairly ancient > lens, > > the 180mm f2.8, with a 2x Kenko teleconverter attached, not the fastest > > focusing combination possible, but lightweight! Most of the photographs > > were > > taken from a two story high viewing gallery. Please see the photographs > > large. > > > > Painted Storks in flight: > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110116_0381-Edit.jpg.html > > > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110116_0394-Edit.jpg.html > > > > Composites - I also experimented with composites - blending two shots, > one > > of the daytime moon and one of birds, into a final result - I would like > > honest feedback on the results: > > > > #1 - > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110116_0269-Edit.jpg.html > > > > #2 - > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110116_0269-Edit-2-Edit.jpg.html > > > > #3 - > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110116_0382-Edit-Edit.jpg.html > > > > C&C, as usual, welcome. > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > -- > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >