A couple of weeks ago, I had a free evening so I decided to stay in Galveston after work and shoot some birds or whatever else that caught my eye. Sometimes it's kinda fun to go out without any real plans and just shoot what strikes you. After trying to shoot more people over the last year, I realized that I hadn't shot any birds all spring -- no nesting at High Island, no spring migration, no Featherfest. So in the back of my mind I did have birds in the plans, but the posts over the next several days will follow chronologically what I shot that night over about a 3-hour period. I had nice success shooting backlit birds in this location about a year ago, so that was also in my thoughts. So, here's one of the first images of the evening -- your standard egret image with reflection -- shot with a 70-200 VR lens handheld at 200mm, 1/1500 sec at f/3.2. If this was as good as it was gonna get that night ... well, there's always next time. 
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Night at Pier 19 #1
A couple of weeks ago, I had a free evening so I decided to stay in Galveston after work and shoot some birds or whatever else that caught my eye. Sometimes it's kinda fun to go out without any real plans and just shoot what strikes you. After trying to shoot more people over the last year, I realized that I hadn't shot any birds all spring -- no nesting at High Island, no spring migration, no Featherfest. So in the back of my mind I did have birds in the plans, but the posts over the next several days will follow chronologically what I shot that night over about a 3-hour period. I had nice success shooting backlit birds in this location about a year ago, so that was also in my thoughts. So, here's one of the first images of the evening -- your standard egret image with reflection -- shot with a 70-200 VR lens handheld at 200mm, 1/1500 sec at f/3.2. If this was as good as it was gonna get that night ... well, there's always next time. 
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Are you actually complaining that you got such a "standard" image? Your standards are so much higher than mine! Especially handholding that lens at 200mm, I just can't hold it for long without camera shake. This is a very serene and sharp Egret shot, the backlighting is very nice and the smooth water is a great contrast to the feathers. What a teaser --- I am expecting some spectacular images to follow.
ReplyDeleteYou may call this a standard bird shot but it is still a very good image, better than most. Your high self standards about pictures probably drives you to find the Wowies. And you do produce Wowies. With the reflection I like the center position. You seemed to have had some fun taking the picturs and that is worth a lot.
ReplyDeleteI think that the softness of the water and the colors complement your subject perfectly. The whole image reminds me of a nice pastel watercolor painting. Nice job.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Larry....pastel! Nothing left to say...spectacular and breathtaking. Very nice!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Steve! I can't even imagine what you are dissapointed about (assuming your "there's alwasy next year" comment means you were dissapointed).
ReplyDeleteCheers!
Barry