Haven't replied sooner because our phone lines have been down for three days and the dsl with it.
Originally posted by gawan Thanks for sharing these great photos! What a catch!
Thanks Georg
Originally posted by daacon Miised this one - natural fishermen well done !
Thanks Dave
Originally posted by monochrome My wife saw a feature yesterday on a small New England harbor town that has a 7-11 type bodega near the pier.
Every morning, when the proprietor opens the store, a seagull lands on the rubber mat that controls the self-openting door.
When the door opens, the seagull walks in, turns the corner and grabs a large bag of chips from the bottom shelf of the rack (same kind every time).
The seagull then retraces his steps - except that he walks onto the rubber mat for the exit door.
When the door opens he calmly walks out the door and flies down to the pier, where he and his cronies rip open the bag and eat the chips.
The twonspeople love their thieving seagull, and whoever is in the store during his heist will "add a bag of chips" to whatever they were buying.
Now that is smart!
Saw something similar a while back, this was in England I think and it was a cat.
Originally posted by Jimbo What a great story and the PP work took the picture to a whole new level Gary. Was that the stamping tool he used? There is so much to learn on Photo Shop... Have a great time and shot a picture over of you new Tatoo! Cheers JIMBO
Thanks Jimbo, Stu probably used a repair tool.
Originally posted by tmacdon Wow. These are sharp! Can you tell us more about the shots--lens, speed, f stop, ISO, anything to help us "new guys" to SLR digital
Sigma 28-300 full extent and not so full extent. ISO 100 (middle of a bright day). F6.3 ish.
Neither myself or the camera and lens can take all the credit. The heron was quite happy to be five or six feet away from me (I was his fishing buddy I guess). He was also below me so that helped a bit with the sun and it meant, laterally, he was even closer than five feet.
With animals you just have to take time with them, gradually get closer and take your shots when they are ready (you just better make sure you are ready too). I was sitting there for about forty minutes and as the birds got more relaxed, more got closer. And I don't think any bird ate a piece of bread.
Gary