Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/01/26

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Great Blue Heron
From: photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 21:58:04 +0100
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No flash? Wow, that's just amazing.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
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YNWA







On Jan 17, 2011, at 10:05 PM, Doug Herr wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
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