>
> I'm glad you brought this up. I also struggled with the
> "coolness" of the shots taken with the Takahashi especially
> sense this refractor has excellent reviews when it comes to
> color neutrality. This image has a WB of 5600K and was taken
> around 2-3pm. In PS, grays show up with equal amounts of RGB
> as well as the whites. The overall "coolness" of the image
> to the eye might be due to the fact that all the colors in
> the image are "cool", the blue in the sky, blues and grays in
> the Heron and neutral grays in the branches of the nest and
> dead tree. Maybe the "coolness" is exaggerated due to the
> interaction of the Takahashi and the E-1. Who knows for
> sure. More experimentation will give the answer.
I guess you could do a custom WB using the Tak. and a white card then see
how it makes the tree/sky/heron look.
>
> The timing had more to do with good fortune then brilliancy
> I'm afraid. I've been observing the Herons for over a week
> and have become accustomed to some of their behavior. I aim
> the camera setup at a particular nest that I feel will have a
> visiting bird and when one approaches, I use the sequential
> drive and just hold the shutter down for 5-10 frames. I find
> the shape of their wings frozen in time beautiful. I hope
> others do as well.
>
Well your technique obviously works well !
...Wayne
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