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 Shorebirds at Venice Beach, CA. (15 shots folks....) | |
Nello Milanese wrote:
Lovely series Lil !
Looks like you had a blast w this fast little buggers  Nothing better than a day at the beach in company.
I think #5 is the best of the bunch!
Thank you Nello,
I told you I'm going back to bird posts.  They were a wonderful surprise. This is Venice Beach where so many "strange" people hang out & all the surfers. Over all the years I've gone down there, this is the first time I've run into these guys. Normally all I see is pigeons & gulls.
Thanks for taking a peek & commenting...
Lil 
Dave In La wrote:
ouch, that is some very harsh light on most and I must say that you have done really well Lil
The low angles are really good. I would have a hard time getting up from so low.
Don't have a fav, kind of like them all
Hi Dave,
beach facing west & about 2 pm - - it's bright there to say the least. Pacific Ocean hitting with all the reflections big time. A polarizer would have been helpful, but I didn't ever get one for that lens..... We found them, but my friend had to make a dash for the facilities & I was left with equipment on the beach. Got the shots, she came back & we switched the lenses on the cameras & I made a rush away as well. She was left with the birds & equipment. Birds left after she'd gotten off a few frames. Shear luck I got anything.....
With these little guys it's important to go low or all I would have gotten was me looking down upon them. I'm not going to say my knees didn't give me a few comments.
Glad you enjoyed. Thanks for commenting...
Lil
Josh S wrote:
6 and 13 for me Your pano-cropping agrees with me.
I started missing my old Canon 70-300mm IS the other day.... for no good reason really.... maybe it's sentimental or something lame like that.
Maybe your friend will bring you along to the Seychelles next time as a "photo assistant" - I'd take that job.
Hi Josh,
thanks for the picks. Glad you liked the pano crops. Sometimes I just feel that's what a shot calls for.
See, it might just be nostalgia or something......
Next time Mimmi's going to photograph polar bears. She's been to that Antarctic & photographed penguins, to the Galapagos, China, India, Africa several times on safari. That's what I can remember off hand like this. All with a P&S - - guess she'll just have to do it all over again & maybe I can tag along this time.
But then, she doesn't have a family past her old mother..... a little easier to travel on her terms...
Thanks for looking & commenting
Lil
Shasoc wrote:
Lil, I'm having problems seeing your post. I only see 15 little red crosses. The same thing happened with your other post.
Anyway, since you mentioned Gymnasium I know very well what you are talking about. I went to the Italian Gymnasium School when I was a teen-ager. I don't know in Sweeden, but in Italy is what we call the first two years of high school. The remaining three years of high (secondary?) school are called Lyceum.
I will check your post later,
Socrate
Edited by Shasoc on May 12, 2008 at 10:01 AM GMT
Hum.... I don't know what might be causing that Socrate. I now upload shot differently since I no longer get the add frame button . . . . . I use Zenfolio to store my shots.
Gymnasium can be 2, 3, or 4 years (at least when I went to school). Two years was for welders & cooks etc. Three years (standard) was for Humanistics, Social Sciences & Science, and four years was for technical with computers etc.
I took languages etc (Humanistics) and went for three years. That corresponds to 4 years of H.S. here. I went straight to the University of Stockholm out of Gymnasium so my Gymnasium years were from 16 to 19.
I hope you see them on the next try. If not, the whole series (with some other shots as well & a lot more of the Sanderlings) can be seen
here. That's for taking the time to let me know about the little red x's....
Thanks,
Lil
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Couldn't tell is Ms tippy toes was showing off her heels are drying her nails