Isn't it amazing how much faster sound travels (Oh F**k) than a branch you
just can't avoid hitting you in the head?
I would have assumed you were closer.
here are the only 2 times I was able to use the 40-15 on a red shouldered
hawk and it was a one shot deal before they took off. I usually have it in
Auto for the first shot then start thinking about what settings to use. This
was on the highway next to a field and that was next to an orchard. I was
only 2 lanes away when I shot this one hand held.
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=390807413&size=l
This one, I had just entered the gate to one of my jobs when he flew into
the Apple tree in front of me, I was leaning out the drivers window resting
the camera on my flimsy side view mirror, one shot and he was gone again.
http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=378081094&size=l
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Lovison" <rlovison@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 4:53 AM
Subject: [OM] Re: [Photo] Great Blue Heron
>
> Moose wrote:
>> Nice enough shot, perfect capture of the bird, but the foliage behind
>> keeps it from perfection.
>>
>> You have spoiled us with the Takahashi shots. :-)
>
> Moose and Darin,
>
> Thanks for looking and for your support. I agree about the trees and
> foliage. The stinker flew in from the left unlike last year when they
> flew into the nest from the right. If I would have guessed correctly I
> could have captured the Heron in clear sky as the nest would have been
> to the extreme right in the viewfinder and I could have started the
> sequential shooting earlier. I swear they're toying with me. :)
>
> Chuck, Chris and Scott,
>
> Thanks for looking and for your comments. Yes Scott, it was the ZD
> 40-150 kit lens. I was about 90 feet away from the dead tree and the
> nest is about 30 feet up in the tree.
>
> I spent most of my time at the site cleaning up the area of dead
> branches to make a clearing for my pop-up tent. During the process I
> managed to fall through the ice up to my knee and smack my head with a
> 4" thick dead branch as I was tugging on a much smaller portion of it.
> It was like it happened in slow motion. I tugged on the 3 foot long, 1
> inch thick section and then heard a very loud crack and had just enough
> time to mutter a drawn out "oh f*ck" before this huge limb came crashing
> down all around me.
>
> Richard
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