You Gotta Have a Big Lens for Birds...

Posted by Arthur Morris on Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:14 am

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In reality, good photographers make good images with whatever lenses they have in their hands at the time. Once in a while, I like to take a walk, as I did here at Ft. DeSoto in the pre-dawn, and see what I can do with a shorter focal length lens. When working with small in the frame subjects like this, it is usually best to tuck them well into one of the corners of the frame...

Canon EOS 1Ds with 28-135mm IS lens at 135mm (handheld). ISO 250. Evaluative metering +1 stop: 1/13 sec. at f/5.6.

All comments welcome. Best, Artie

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by matt kuchta on Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:16 am

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Very nice color and textures - the bird sillouette really provides a sense of place. I'd be inclined to crop out the rough water at the top, but this has a feeling of mother-of-pearl which is really engaging.
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by AlexC on Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:43 am

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Very nice and wonderful colors!!, Sometimes less is more!!!
But I am afraid to say that the Pixel police will be knocking at your door soon!!!
Congrats!!!

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by Laura Stiefel on Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:50 am

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I love the variation of colors and textures throughout this and the importance of the bird (I can't identify it) so small in the frame. I also love the sentiment of your narrative. Very creative!

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by E.J. Peiker on Thu Sep 25, 2003 10:56 am

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Whoa Artie - you went a little big on the file here - its almost 1000 pixels tall. The photo is nice though and convys a great sense of solitude.

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by stevebein on Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:10 am

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The photo is too big to fit on my screen, but it is a very artistic image with the solitude of the lone bird and wonderful water making for a stylistic and pleasing shot. I would like to see it reduced so the whole thing can be viewed on screen without scrolling. No nits otherwise.

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by Jim Urbach on Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:11 am

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Art,

Love the water pattern but would definitely crop the darker area at the top.

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by Rocky Sharwell on Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:24 am

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Artie:

I'm with Jim om the crop. I love Ft. Desoto early in the am!

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by Arthur Morris on Thu Sep 25, 2003 11:39 am

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Dear Pixel Police, Please forgive, me, please! I made the width to 650 instead of the height. Should be A-OK now...

To the top croppers, Thanks for your suggestions, but cropping out the all of the rough water would upset the compositional balance as the triangle formed by the yellowish water would just about be touching the frame-edge. (I had thought about it though....)

To all, Glad that you like this one. I do too <smile>

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by Bob Ettinger on Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:23 pm

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Artie,

I like it.

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by AlexC on Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:28 pm

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Arthur wrote:

Dear Pixel Police, Please forgive, me, please! I made the width to 650 instead of the height. Should be A-OK now...

Arthur, Now I am really upset about your repost!!!, Backbone is something I truly treasure, so where is it ??!!!, So you posted too big!!! Big Deal!!!, It was not intentional and I should have kept my loud mouth shut!!!
I liked it better the other way around!!!, nothing like a 1000 pixel blast!!!, I am glad I saw the whole enchilada before it became a taco!!! darn!! [/u]

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by Jim Neely on Thu Sep 25, 2003 1:03 pm

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I like it as it is. Another beautiful AM bird image.

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by Bruce DiVaccaro on Thu Sep 25, 2003 2:22 pm

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Artie,

This is very well composed. The bird couldn't be in a better location.

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by Alan Murphy on Thu Sep 25, 2003 3:13 pm

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Het Artie,

I like the way the bird is placed in the orange glow. Can you take a shot at the ID?

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by Arthur Morris on Thu Sep 25, 2003 6:07 pm

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Hi Alan, Glad that you liked. It's an easy id... You are anybody care to take a shot at it? It's all in the shape.

Answer tomorrow.

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by RichardMittleman/Gon2Foto on Thu Sep 25, 2003 6:25 pm

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Very different and very effective. The water is gorgeous and the placement of the bird in the gold is perfect.

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by Anthony Medici on Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:18 pm

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What pixel police and where can I apply?

Cool image.

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by Heather Forcier on Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:40 pm

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Posted by Arthur Morris:
When working with small in the frame subjects like this, it is usually best to tuck them well into one of the corners of the frame...

Good words to take into the field with me on my next adventure.

Cool shot, I'm enjoying these creative images.

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by Robert Kemmerlin on Thu Sep 25, 2003 8:49 pm

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Hi Artie,

I'll take a guess, one of the Night Herons. Notice I used the phase"guess".

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by Steve Sage on Thu Sep 25, 2003 9:35 pm

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This breaks the mold. It reminds me a little of the inspirational or motivational posters but I can't think of a good caption. Loneliness?

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