Around here we have to wait until what you call "summer" for the flowers. Spring we spend pretending its summer but dress up warm. 5D, Samyang 85mm f/1.4
Dreamliner wrote:
Thanks for your kind words! I feel flattered when a really great photographer that I admire, says that for me.
BTW, do you train those pigeons?
Everyone knows Peter has trained Pigeons. All day long he trains them ! With the force i say he does!
He also has trained ducks, trained falcons, trained gulls ....dude i heard he has trained his wife to buy him the gear(s) !
Nice. Can feel the love in those ducks. Definitely feels like I'm there.
Thanks! Actually it was a lucky shot. I was on a nearby town to photograph hotels and rooms for a customer, when I realized that I had a couple of hours free time. I went there by car and saw those ducks near the small harbor's quay, enjoying the spring sun. I moved slowly towards them giving them time to relax and trying not to disturb. I was holding the camera from a low angle and fired around ten shots from very close. This one was my favorite but the others are also good.
Brilliant Spring photos. I really love that picture of the hummingbird on the previous page.
I had a great spring day last week on my 40th birthday. I could tell it was Spring as the UK reptile had come out (we don't have many). Also found a great little zebra jumping spider.
This image has caused me a fair amount of trouble. It portrays a duck emerging from under a dark bridge and flying thru a swath of sunlight from above. Now, the photographic capture alone is pretty tricky from the AF standpoint. However, what has really given some difficulty here was framing and exposure, while trying to convey the right mood of the scene.
A funny thing, the more I messed with it, the less I liked it.
So I have sat on it for a week, and finally reverted to (more-or-less) the original full frame image.
I am not really happy with it, but it perhaps does convey somewhat the scene as seen.
Taking a picture of a bird alone is often the easy part.
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