Bittern Baby Debuts on a New Channel

Posted by Sandy Mossberg on Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:38 pm

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by Karen S on Mon Aug 25, 2003 5:38 pm

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I love these babies. They just make you smile. Great feet too. The color and exposure is perfect.

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by Chip Estabrooks on Mon Aug 25, 2003 7:04 pm

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A future 'little leaguer" from Boyton Beach?
Great shot.....show us more.
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by Len Maltese on Mon Aug 25, 2003 7:09 pm

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Super shot of this little guy.

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by Anthony Medici on Mon Aug 25, 2003 7:29 pm

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Sandy, did anybody ever tell you you do wonderful work? Well you do, this is wonderful.

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by NDCheryl on Mon Aug 25, 2003 7:58 pm

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Great shot of the fuzzy little thing. i look forward to the next 'chapter'.

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by Alan Murphy on Mon Aug 25, 2003 8:33 pm

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Hey sandy, Great shot.

His hair color remindes me of someone

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by Jim Urbach on Mon Aug 25, 2003 9:04 pm

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Sandy, Great story. This baby bittern is certainly out in the open. Do you have recordings of these sounds?

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by Juli Wilcox on Mon Aug 25, 2003 10:07 pm

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Sandy, cute 'lil fuzz-ball! Why did you pick f/8 over, say, f/11? I mean, besides issues of rendering BG's detailless which is possible with wide open apertures, what do you find to be the best sharpness combination with this rig? Thanks!

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by Jim Probst on Mon Aug 25, 2003 10:10 pm

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Sandy,

The colors are great and so is the Bittern's pose! Very nice image!

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by Juan E. Bahamon on Tue Aug 26, 2003 12:18 am

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Sandy:

One of your favorites, totally perfect with enviroment and all.

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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:01 am

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Juli Wilcox wrote:Why did you pick f/8 over, say, f/11? I mean, besides issues of rendering BG's detailless which is possible with wide open apertures, what do you find to be the best sharpness combination with this rig? Thanks!

Juli, thanks for the comments. On most shots like this, where DOF is not much of an issue, I go a stop above my maximal aperture. With a 1.4x TC and a f4 lens, my widest possible opening was f5.6, so I went to f8. I didn't consider f11 mainly because I didn't want the BG to come into focus.

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by Rich S on Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:17 am

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Loved the whole series before and look forward to another round! Wish a trip down there was in the cards.

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by Linda on Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:33 am

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This is sooo cute. Done in true Sandy style!

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by Sandy Mossberg on Tue Aug 26, 2003 8:48 am

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Rich S wrote:Loved the whole series before and look forward to another round! Wish a trip down there was in the cards.

Rich, I had displayed three shots of Bittern Baby on NPN. All the images you see on NSN will be new.

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by Greg Downing on Tue Aug 26, 2003 1:24 pm

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Very cute Sandy! I am not sure I care for the side-lighting and the resulting shadow on the bulrush, but that is minor and this has lots of character!

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