SYS Cream of the Crop  More info | May 18, 2007 14:56 | #1 The following shot was taken with my 100-400. The subject was way too far away (another "dang, this lens is just too short for birding" moment!) and I had to resort to quite a cropping. Is this the best I could have done given that I couldn't have gotten any closer to the bird and the bright morning sky was behind her?  HOSTED PHOTO please log in to view hosted photos in full size.
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Jaime Goldmember  2,464 posts Likes: 1 Joined Jun 2006 More info | May 18, 2007 14:58 | #2 Given the limitations described I think this is a great shot, even with all the cropping you said you did. "My eyes see but a minute reflection of what my soul
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rocklyons Goldmember  1,362 posts Likes: 1 Joined Mar 2007 Location: Oklahoma More info | May 18, 2007 15:30 | #3 Looks good to me. ROCK
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Cooper911 Goldmember 2,110 posts Joined Nov 2006 Location: Canada More info | May 18, 2007 16:37 | #4 Looks like a vulture. 1DMKIIN, 2x30D, 16-35 2.8, 24-70 2.8, 135 F2, 70-200 2.8 IS, 300 2.8 IS, 100-400L IS, 500 F4 IS.
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May 18, 2007 16:40 | #5 Cooper911 wrote in post #3228630  Looks like a vulture. It was so far away that I originally thought it was a hawk. By the way, this vulture had its wing spreaded out for a long time. Very nice for someone taking pictures, but I was wondering what that behavior was about? Anyone knows?
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dancinec Cream of the Crop  8,035 posts Joined Apr 2005 Location: Carlsbad, California More info | May 18, 2007 17:27 | #6 SYS wrote in post #3228646 It was so far away that I originally thought it was a hawk. By the way, this vulture had its wing spreaded out for a long time. Very nice for someone taking pictures, but I was wondering what that behavior was about? Anyone knows? A way of warming itself up, usually on cool days or early mornings. Dennis
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May 18, 2007 17:47 | #7 dancinec wrote in post #3228829 A way of warming itself up, usually on cool days or early mornings. Thanks! Makes sense...
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