I know its cheating, but if you REALLY want ot get the
best bird shots in your life go down to a local zoo
and talk to the Director of the aviary. They are
usually quite wiling to help you out and you can get
pics of some of the 'Educational' birds, which can no
longer be relased into the wild for various reasons.
Put that bird on a pearch and phography to your
heart's content, just don't use a flash or anything. A
local avid photographer at my school did this (I
haven't just not enough time and it does take talking
to the zookeepers in advance.) The birds dont
mind/dont care and it can be the perfect way to get
tons of bird shots that all look totally awesome and,
when pearched on a branch in the aviary or in a
slightly wooded area, cannot be told from pics that
were taken while trying to focus your 350/2.8 while up
to your ankles in snow, mud, leaves, poison ivy etc.
The guy regales you with tall tales of, "I took this
one of a bird of paradise while being led through the
steaming jungles of southeast Asia, led by a one eyed
jungle guide... etc.
Mark Lloyd
--- Ken N <image66@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Joel wrote:
> > That's actually six. Sometimes we don't actually
> get the
> > Spring part.
>
> Joel, you missed eagle season. What better excuse
> to get
> together and freeze our nose hairs off than to head
> on down to
> Red Rock Dam and photograph the bald eagles looping
> overhead.
>
> I'm going to try shooting from a blind down on the
> rocks at the
> water's edge. I figure if I can arrive, setup and
> get inside
> before daylight I might get some decently close
> shots.
> Hopefully, I'll figure out a way to stay warm. I've
> seen the
> eagles fish from about 15 feet away from that one
> little spit of
> land.
>
> With our delayed winter this year, eagle photography
> might be a
> miss if we don't get our deep freeze. Not that I
> want it too
> cold, but a good -10F morning tends to keep the
> locals in town
> and the birds close to the spillway. Depends too on
> how much
> flow we get over the dam. Last year it was a
> dribble--not
> enough to get the fish up to the surface.
>
> OM content: I'm thinking that the IS-3 and an OM
> with the 200/4
> will be a good choice for the handheld tracking of
> the close
> birds.
>
> AG-Schnozz
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