Some Birds from the Bay

[CyberDyneSystems]

Birds was not a good subject on this trip..
...but I did manage a few.

Click the images for the slightly larger size.

A Caspian tern
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A goldfinch...


http://images.fotopic.net/?id=4402432&outx=603&oq=0&original=1&noresize=1&no stamp=1

[Mills]

Beautiful shots. The third is cool.

Just curious. Ever fish for Walleye in Georgian Bay? Some of the biggest anywhere have been caught there.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Small mouth bass,, Northern Pike and walleye... there is a river just about 45 minute up the coast.. the Musquash.. thats where the walleye.. dozens of them... if you find the right spot (just under the falls... :roll: no point keeping the secrets anymore.. I can never go back without really hurting myself :( )

The Musquash is also home to some extrmely sizeable and scary looking gar pike :shock: :shock:

I had a school of them swim right past.. and I meen inches from my legs.. while i was standing up river of the rapids.. I nearly altered the color of the water when 8 or so of those toothed beasts swam by! I think I was about 12...

[PacAce]

Nice shots, CDS. The tern is really cool! However, I can't seem to find the 3rd mills was talking about. :?

[JZaun]

I don't see 3 eighter but the last one is just lovely

JZ

[Scottes]

I see 4.

Then again, it's almost noon, so maybe I should stop drinking....

[Leighow]

CDS

Composition, light, colors and interest are "tops" in both these images.

You are getting soooooooooooo goooodddddddddd! You are moving --> -- > forward at a fast clip!

I especially like the 2nd shot as the wors are filled with little guys that fade into the greenery. That patch of blue is a great touch too.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Thanks PacAce..

The third shot Mills referred to is the second shot above...
I removed the 2nd image as I did not feel it fit.. :roll:

The tern.. well it's a bit of a miracle.. I loved the tern's "hover" it was one of a few.. clearly the most dramatic. But the shot was horrifically underexposed.. (they all were in that group.. still working out the kinks of the MkII.. specifically with metering... :( ) and it was a grey dull rainy day..

...so that image is the result of a LOT of post processing with dual exposure compensation tiff layers made from a single raw file.. etc..

Jerry and Howie.. thanks so much,

The second shot above (Mill's third) required virtually NO post processing.. a little crop (not as much as you'd think) and I think some MINOR levels and sharpening.. but really.. those were done more out of habit, as I am finding that when I get the exposure spot on.. the MkII requires very little.. a lot less tweeking tha the 10D anyway.

Both shots were with the 70-200mm @ 200mm from memory the Finch was f/2.8 (looks it too! :) ) can't remeber with the tern....

[martcol]

Love those CDS. The composition is excellent especially with that Caspian tern thingy!

Martin

[JMAS]

CDS,

Great photos. The 2nd one is simply beautiful.
Achiving that composition was also great timming. The bird looking in the direction of the twig adds to the shot.


Jaime

[LazyPhotographer]

Great shots, the second one is lovely.