Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On 2/6/2011 11:26 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > I had been to Vedanthangal, a bird sanctuary close to Chennai, last > Saturday > (5th Feb) for a second visit this year. Luckily, the place was empty, and I > could practice my panning and capturing birds in flight, techniques I need > solid practice in, to my hearts content. Some Painted Stork action: > > In Flight with environment: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0162-Edit.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0004-Edit.jpg.html > > Carrying nesting material: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0095-Edit.jpg.html > > Dogfight: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0114-Edit.jpg.html > > Landing: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0145-Edit.jpg.html > > By dusk, the water became still, and you get decent shadows: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0222-Edit-2BW.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Vedbirds/Vedanthangal_20110205_0224-Edit.jpg.html > > C&C, as ever, welcome. > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > These are excellent - my favorites are the nesting material and the dogfight. I still think it's amazing that we can get images like this at high ISO's - it wasn't that long ago I was shooting sheet film at 25, and that was b&w. Ken