I hate branches

[Scottes]

Yep, I hate branches. It's like the birds just knew I was there taking pictures, so they posed ever so nicely... behind anything possible.

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/branchedwoodpecker.jpg
http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/branchedblackbird.jpg


Lesson learned today - Backlit blackbirds are impossible. This was the only one even remotely sidelit. Next time I'm bringing watershoes so I can walk around some more. Either that or I've got to find larger pieces of dry land...

[CyberDyneSystems]

Your Blackbird is a great photo :)

...the little woodpecker.. :(

You must be heartbroken.. that would have been an absolutley PERFECT shot :(
Last summer I took about 60 shots of some Cedar Waxwings in one afternoon.. des[erately trying for a decent shot.. I never had a single "poster" in the bunch ... those little birds are very hard to get.

[Scottes]

The blackbird... One of 3 singing for me, a good 15 minutes chasing them, wishing I could walk on water. 45-50 shots, 2 keepers - and the other was the shot right before this one. :lol:


Oh, the woodpecker was a grand old chap. He might have been 12 feet away. We danced for 5 minutes - I moved one way, and he'd dodge behind another branch. Eventually he got tired of teasing the human.

When I got home I found that I had taken only ONE picture of him.

[timmyquest]

I hate them as well, and the B*** of it is that when your looking through your lens at someting "rare" the branches you can hardly see is rarely the first thing on your mind. Or maybe its' just me, and maybe thats what seperates the good from the great

:roll:

[IanD]

Yep, I hate branches. It's like the birds just knew I was there taking pictures, so they posed ever so nicely... behind anything possible.

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/branchedwoodpecker.jpg
Scott,
I hope you don't mind but I wanted to try my hand at removing the branch in your shot. Leo has been bugging me to learn PS and get more creative. I think I screwed up a little...............
http://www.pbase.com/image/26244955.jpg

[marie]

:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

they are beautiful shots Scottes.

I love this woody shot Ian
he looks terrific boring holes
:lol: :lol:

without the branches we would'nt have seen any birds because they need a perch...
so it's 'give the branches a break' day :shock:
:mrgreen: :mrgreen:

[Scottes]

Scott,
I hope you don't mind but I wanted to try my hand at removing the branch in your shot. Leo has been bugging me to learn PS and get more creative. I think I screwed up a little...............

Ian... when we meet... bring a laptop...

You can help me with the fowl, I'll help you with the PS that night.


Why the heck isn't there a "shaking head, rolling eyes" emoticon?

[Scottes]

The little bugger got me again today.

This time only for 4 minutes...

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/branchedwoodpecker2.jpg