telyt Posted April 6, 2007 Share #1 Posted April 6, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Last weekend I visited a few of the deserts in southeast California. At Harper Dry Lake (yep, that's it's real name) there were a few small puddles of water which no doubt will disappear in a few weeks. One of these puddles had an American Avocet: This particular bird has an injured leg, which might explain why I was able to get close enough for pictures. I "healed" the leg with Photoshop. Technical stuff: R8/DMR, ISO 400 560mm f/6.8 Telyt Shoulder stock Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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andybarton Posted April 6, 2007 Share #2 Posted April 6, 2007 Fantastic Just come back from a very frustrating morning at a local wildfowl sanctuary with my exact same combo. Those telyts are pigs to focus. I take my hat off to you, Doug! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cam2000 Posted April 6, 2007 Share #3 Posted April 6, 2007 Beautiful capture...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuny Posted April 6, 2007 Share #4 Posted April 6, 2007 Doug - I immediately know it was one of yours -- A high compliment. Lovely framing, detail, light and color. I'll email this one to my frind Sallie, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzo Posted April 6, 2007 Share #5 Posted April 6, 2007 FANTASTIC capture Doug. Azzo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglouis Posted April 6, 2007 Share #6 Posted April 6, 2007 Beautiful picture and astonishing reflection. LouisB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leicamann Posted April 6, 2007 Share #7 Posted April 6, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Definitely Doug..I would rank this one as one of your best. I think what wer are seeing as well, given that digital can give you "immediate sensory feedback" we have a higher level of refinement... I would even dare say that the simplicity here world rank with a Chinese classic painting from the Ming period..you really oput your stamp on this one. Thanks for sharing and healing the bird:) Regards , Leicamann Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkness30 Posted April 6, 2007 Share #8 Posted April 6, 2007 Awesome catch. Thanks Mehmet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
telyt Posted April 7, 2007 Author Share #9 Posted April 7, 2007 Thanks all for your comments. Andy, the 560 certainly is a handfull, particularly with the DMR's crop factor giving an angle of view equivalent to an 800mm lens! In this case I used it without the monopod but I believe I could have done better with the extra leg because keeping the bird and its reflection within the DMR's crop marks was not easy. I've found focussing the long telyts is much easier with the plain matte viewscreen (with DMR crop marks) but still not up to SL standards. This particular morning I was struck by the quality of the light and the completely flat water was a BIG bonus. In most photos of water birds the ripples in the water reflecting a wide variety of things in the background compete for attention with the bird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiphop Posted April 7, 2007 Share #10 Posted April 7, 2007 What a beauty ! Perfect. Pierre-Olivier Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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