Motif: "You snooze......you lose!"

Posted by LHays on Wed Jun 16, 2004 6:55 am

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I have been on the road since before Memorial Day to Florida and Michigan....and am now headed out for the second day of my son's golf tournament (complete with 3 hour delays for rain and lightning) so I'll have to catch up on posting comments tonight.

The STL loon workshop was one of my favorites. It's an incredible experience to be so close to the loons and their chicks with unlimited opportunites of behavior, light, and water. I probably spent too much time watching instead of shooting. The exposure and post processing can be challenging.....as getting all involved facing the right way. For all the chances that I had, this is my only really good feeding behavior.

Canon 1D2, 500mmL IS, tripod
ISO 400, f/13, ss 1/320, EV-1
Photoshop: cropped, levels, USM, etc.

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by fredcor on Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:08 am

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Superb catch and lovely exposure. Love the chicks and water drops on the parent's head.

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by KK Hui on Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:11 am

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You've been missed, Lana! Welcome back!

This is a wonderful family portrait shot with all the interactions behind it. Love the great exposure and the semi pano crop too ...

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by Carol Clarke on Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:26 am

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Always good to see your shots Lana and this is a lovely family scene and great capture of this feeding action. The diagonal of the three subjects works really well here! I wish we had these Loons over here.

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by AForns on Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:35 am

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Wonderful image Lana the composition is perfect and so are the techs....

We had missed you!!!!!!! ..... happy to see your post

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by joseph motto on Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:08 am

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Lana,
Nice to see your name on the NSN postings again.
You may have had a limited number of feeding shots but you sure nailed this one. And it certainly fits the motif.

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by Alan Murphy on Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:41 am

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Oh no, your back

Great shot Lana. Love the feeding and the little sleepy guy in the back.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:45 am

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Excellent behavior shot. I'll bet you wish the water was smoother

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by Rob Palmer on Wed Jun 16, 2004 8:56 am

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Beautiful shot, tack sharp and great composition. Way to go Lana!

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Jun 16, 2004 9:15 am

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Wonderful shot, clever title. Great stuff, Lana.

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by Neil Solomon on Wed Jun 16, 2004 10:09 am

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Lana,

At first glance I thought that this composition couldn't work. What with half an adult Loon turned away frm the camera and an OOF chick. But, in fact it all works very well with the pano type crop. I like it a lot.

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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:42 am

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Funny title

Great image and experience...

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by NDCheryl on Wed Jun 16, 2004 11:51 am

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Well done Lana. the comp works for me and your title is perfect. It was fun shooting with you again and I am glad you enjoyed the loons so much. I am hooked on them myself. I look forward to seeing more of yours shots. See ya around.

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by Jill on Wed Jun 16, 2004 1:32 pm

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Indeed a cool title, Lana!!! Love the feeding action here, and the snoozer is none the wiser!!! Clearly how to manage with twins!!

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by AlexC on Wed Jun 16, 2004 5:30 pm

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, I wished I was there as well!!!

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Wed Jun 16, 2004 7:09 pm