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Posted by mpropst on Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:07 am

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This is my first post to an NSN forum.

I captured this several weeks ago at Jamaica Bay while attending an Arthur Morris ITF(Great experience). I concur with the previous post about the weekend being who's who in the photography world, amazing. I learned more than I could have ever imagined.

Leica R8, 800/5.6, 1.4x, Provia 100@320, 1/300, F8, +1/2 Comp, in 3 inches of slime on a groundpod.

Thanks for looking

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by Dennis Olivero on Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:41 am

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Gorgeous shot Mark. The low perspective and soft light and perfect. No nits here and welcome to naturescapes.

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by Greg Downing on Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:19 am

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Welcome Mark! This is a wonderful first post and I wish I could had been there

. Thanks for sharing and I hope to see many more

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by Jim Probst on Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:22 am

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Mark,

Lovely image! The background is especially nice. Well done!

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by Neil Fitzgerald on Sun Sep 07, 2003 3:03 am

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Background, posture, exposure, sharpness all look spot on to me. needs more room on bottom for virtual legs though IMO.

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by Alan Melle on Sun Sep 07, 2003 4:39 am

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Wonderful light and colors in this image. Usually I would agree with the suggestion to include enough room for the unseen feet but in this case I think the composition works just fine. On this monitor I can't tell if there is a catchlight in the eye or not. If not, that's about the only thing that might make this fine image even better.

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by Rich S on Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:16 am

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Love the shot; catchlight would be a bonus but it's fine without. Gotta ask for the Leica, is 800mm really 800mm in 35mm terms?

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by Jim Neiger on Sun Sep 07, 2003 8:18 am

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Good way to start out. Very nice image. The lack of virtual feet doesn't bother me at all.

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by mpropst on Sun Sep 07, 2003 9:26 am

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Hi all, thanks for the replies and the encouragement.

There is catchlight toward the top of the eye, but it got lost when I shrunk the file down for the web display. My Photoshop skills are rudimentary at best.

Rich, the 800mm is part of the 35mm lineup. It is part of their Modular APO system, it can be a manual focus 400/2.8, 560/4, or 800/5.6, depending on which "tail" is attached to the "head".

Thanks again

Mark

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by Sandy Mossberg on Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:07 am

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Wonderful, Mark. All parameters are on the money. I can see a catchlight on my monitor.

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by E.J. Peiker on Sun Sep 07, 2003 10:08 am

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Welcome aboard and an excellent shot to get started with.

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by Mike Wilson on Sun Sep 07, 2003 11:23 am

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Beautiful shot for sure. This one could take a little more USM. I'm looking forward to more.

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by Bruce Sherman on Sun Sep 07, 2003 12:24 pm

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Hi Mark,
Wlcome. This is a good start. Either I am blind or nobody has volunteered an ID on this guy. Looks like a Lesser Yellowlegs to me.

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by George DeCamp on Sun Sep 07, 2003 1:08 pm

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So that was you over there eh? Funny it's hard to get to know someone with their face in Goose dung!

Well done, love the BG and the overall image....nice work!!

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by Alan Murphy on Sun Sep 07, 2003 6:04 pm

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Great first post mark. Welcome. Look forward to more.

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by LHays on Mon Sep 08, 2003 8:45 am

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A very nice start for your first post. You've done very well.....I absolutely love the shorebirds. I can just barely detect the catchlight.

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by Heather Forcier on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:10 pm

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Nice first post! The Yellowlegs will always be special to me, as it was among the first birds I ever really started photographing.

Great, low perspective, and I like the look that it's on the prowl for food.

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by Anthony Medici on Mon Sep 08, 2003 9:34 pm

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That's quite a lens you have there.

And with you using it, you made one very fine image. Nice work.

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