Archive 2021 · October Loons
p.1 #1October Loons
Congratulations to OSP2017 for winning Feature Thread of the Week with 6 votes - View Previous Winners
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Oct 16, 2021 at 06:12 AM
p.1 #2October Loons
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Oct 16, 2021 at 06:15 AM
p.1 #3October Loons
Beautiful series. I love the image with the water splash!
Oct 16, 2021 at 09:33 AM
p.1 #4October Loons
Really lovely images. Are you shooting from something like a hide on/in the waterline? I'd love to learn more if you're willing to share a bit about your set up.
Oct 16, 2021 at 10:50 AM
p.1 #6October Loons
Teleguy1 wrote:
Beautiful series. I love the image with the water splash!
Thank you so much, Dave!
Beautiful series. I love the image with the water splash!
Thank you so much, Dave!
Oct 16, 2021 at 01:01 PM
p.1 #7October Loons
cocodrillo wrote:
Really lovely images. Are you shooting from something like a hide on/in the waterline? I'd love to learn more if you're willing to share a bit about your set up.
Thank you very much, Sean!!
I shoot these from a standard aluminum 12ft boat. It's a decent size lake and I like to shoot several families, which gives me different backgrounds and even different prey - one of the families gets crayfish pretty often. You are also constantly on the move once the babies grow up.
To get as close to the water as possible, you need to position the boat with the motor facing the loons. There is a cutout where the motor sits and it gives me about 8 inches from the water surface. With the constant movement of loons and the wind, you have to sometimes shoot from a slightly higher position but you're still shooting over the stern, never over the sides or the front. Knee and elbow pads are a must.
Another good alternative is a pontoon boat as it has openings on all sides and you can lie on the deck and reposition the boat with a remote controller connected with the trolling motor. This way you don't have to get up unless the loons surface too far away from the boat. Unfortunately, you're higher off the water surface than in a fishing boat.
Really lovely images. Are you shooting from something like a hide on/in the waterline? I'd love to learn more if you're willing to share a bit about your set up.
Thank you very much, Sean!!
I shoot these from a standard aluminum 12ft boat. It's a decent size lake and I like to shoot several families, which gives me different backgrounds and even different prey - one of the families gets crayfish pretty often. You are also constantly on the move once the babies grow up.
To get as close to the water as possible, you need to position the boat with the motor facing the loons. There is a cutout where the motor sits and it gives me about 8 inches from the water surface. With the constant movement of loons and the wind, you have to sometimes shoot from a slightly higher position but you're still shooting over the stern, never over the sides or the front. Knee and elbow pads are a must.
Another good alternative is a pontoon boat as it has openings on all sides and you can lie on the deck and reposition the boat with a remote controller connected with the trolling motor. This way you don't have to get up unless the loons surface too far away from the boat. Unfortunately, you're higher off the water surface than in a fishing boat.
Oct 16, 2021 at 01:22 PM
p.1 #8October Loons
OSP2017 wrote:
Thank you very much, Sean!!
I shoot these from a standard aluminum 12ft boat. It's a decent size lake and I like to shoot several families, which gives me different backgrounds and even different prey - one of the families gets crayfish pretty often. You are also constantly on the move once the babies grow up.
To get as close to the water as possible, you need to position the boat with the motor facing the loons. There is a cutout where the motor sits and it gives me about 8 inches from the water surface. With the constant movement of loons...Show more →
Thanks for the ideas. I'm not sure I can pull that off on my normal urban river, but I'd also never thought carefully about shooting out the back of a boat from the motor well. Very neat idea! It works absolutely fabulously based on your images.
Thank you very much, Sean!!
I shoot these from a standard aluminum 12ft boat. It's a decent size lake and I like to shoot several families, which gives me different backgrounds and even different prey - one of the families gets crayfish pretty often. You are also constantly on the move once the babies grow up.
To get as close to the water as possible, you need to position the boat with the motor facing the loons. There is a cutout where the motor sits and it gives me about 8 inches from the water surface. With the constant movement of loons...Show more →
Thanks for the ideas. I'm not sure I can pull that off on my normal urban river, but I'd also never thought carefully about shooting out the back of a boat from the motor well. Very neat idea! It works absolutely fabulously based on your images.
Oct 16, 2021 at 02:08 PM
p.1 #9October Loons
A lovely set and I'd love to call out my favorites yet I lost count as there are so many
Morris
Morris
Oct 16, 2021 at 07:35 PM
p.1 #11October Loons
louie champan wrote:
Incredible images!!
Thank you very much, Louie!
Incredible images!!
Thank you very much, Louie!
Oct 17, 2021 at 06:32 AM
p.1 #14October Loons
Nice shots, but I yearn to see some more pics of them less tightly cropped. There's not much "room to breathe" in these, and a few slightly wider ones might establish the birds in their habitats/part of the ecosystem
Oct 18, 2021 at 02:05 PM
p.1 #15October Loons
morris wrote:
A lovely set and I'd love to call out my favorites yet I lost count as there are so many
Morris
Thank you so much, Morris, really glad you liked them!
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gcooke0522 wrote:
Excellent set. Very nice work on these.
Gordon
Thank you, Gordon!!
A lovely set and I'd love to call out my favorites yet I lost count as there are so many
Morris
Thank you so much, Morris, really glad you liked them!
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gcooke0522 wrote:
Excellent set. Very nice work on these.
Gordon
Thank you, Gordon!!
Oct 18, 2021 at 05:49 PM
p.1 #18October Loons
Pius Sullivan wrote:
This is a super nice set.
Voted
Pius
Thank you very much, Pius, and highly appreciate the vote!!
This is a super nice set.
Voted
Pius
Thank you very much, Pius, and highly appreciate the vote!!
Oct 19, 2021 at 07:35 AM
p.1 #19October Loons
Amazing details/colors and wonderful composition, OSP! Your rendering of these loon images is nothing short but superb! They EMV!
Joshua
Joshua
Oct 19, 2021 at 07:57 AM
p.1 #20October Loons
Robin Smith wrote:
Nice shots, but I yearn to see some more pics of them less tightly cropped. There's not much "room to breathe" in these, and a few slightly wider ones might establish the birds in their habitats/part of the ecosystem
Thanks for the comment!
Nice shots, but I yearn to see some more pics of them less tightly cropped. There's not much "room to breathe" in these, and a few slightly wider ones might establish the birds in their habitats/part of the ecosystem
Thanks for the comment!
Oct 19, 2021 at 06:57 PM