Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2017/01/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Great shots, Jayanand. Your B&W work came out quite well. You really nailed the focus with the Purple Heron. Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA On 1/30/2017 9:27 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > The next installment of photographs starts off with four shots of a pair of > squabbling Glossy Ibis. I was photographing something i the diametrically > opposite direction when I turned around and saw this presumably territorial > squabble starting. I had no time to change the settings, so I ended up with > a set of grossly underexposed images, but with fine, dramatic action. As > the Glossy Ibis is a dark, muddy reddish brown in colour, there was no real > colour of note in the frames, so I converted the lot to B&W, and then set > about recovering whatever detail was possible - only the last shot is > processed differently, more of a silhouette: > > Squabble 1: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-2087.jpg.html > > Squabble 2: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-2102.jpg.html > > Squabble 3: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-2103.jpg.html > > Squabble 4: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-2105.jpg.html > > Next on the agenda is a Purple Sunbird in breeding plumage: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-2128.jpg.html > > Two migrant geese from Central/Northern Asia - the Bar-headed Goose and the > Greylag Goose. The former is arguably the highest flying bird in the world, > flocks having been seen flying over Mount Everest, but what I find even > more amazing is that they cross the Himalayas in one go, non stop! > > Landing: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-2173.jpg.html > > High Flyer: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-2047.jpg.html > > Finally, a Purple Heron keeping watch early one morning: > > Lookout: http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/WIndia/ > Bharatpur/Bharatpur-20170122-1227.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Criticism and comments, as ever, welcome! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >