deedee4re wrote:
Wonderful Action Series Andy! I remember one day you and your pretty wife were sitting near the end of the lake with the Osprey diving right in front of you!
Numbers 6 and 7 are GREAT!
For everyone who has not seen an Osprey fishing, right before the moment of impact is the toughest shot to get. The Osprey speeds are at their highest at this point and it's hard to steady the camera to get this. It's also such a small window of time that the Osprey is in this position. They only reach out like this right before they hit. I wish there were a way to clock their speeds. Anyone have a friend policeman with a radar gun? =)
Thank you for visiting my post, DeeDee. Yes, this series is a result of our dozen trips to ED. Fortunately, most of them turned out to be quite productive.
Andy
fantastic series andy. looks like you covered the el dorado action from every angle. great work on #5, 7, and 16. i have mixed feelings for #6 though. love the freeze frame of the osprey with the claws out, but that out of focus photographer in the foreground is too distracting and pulls my eyes away from the action.
- hung
Dec 22, 2008 at 04:44 AM
anthony whitmo Offline • • • • • • Upload & Sell: Off
Just read Hungran's last post for all the pleasant comments I said about you two
I made a boo boo and posted comments to you two on Trans post
Hey what can I say. Up at 5 A.M. shoot all day in Southern Cali > Then drive home 7 hours to Nor Cal ........ and still awake commenting on posts Just not a smart thing to do when your this tired !!!
Super nice meeting you today!! You have a wonderful family and some great kids too !!
The images are FANTASTIC !! Amazing captures of some rare action !!
anthony whitmo wrote: Just read Hungran's last post for all the pleasant comments I said about you two
I made a boo boo and posted comments to you two on Trans post
Hey what can I say. Up at 5 A.M. shoot all day in Southern Cali > Then drive home 7 hours to Nor Cal ........ and still awake commenting on posts Just not a smart thing to do when your this tired !!!
Super nice meeting you today!! You have a wonderful family and some great kids too !!
The images are FANTASTIC !! Amazing captures of some rare action !!
Thanks, I just checked Hung's post. that happens to us all from time to time. It's just when I make a boo-boo and when I find out, I'd hurry like mad and cover my own tracks so you'd never know it. LMAO
It was a pleasant surprise to meet you and the sleeping beauty Mrs. Whitmore. You're probably already somewhere in Colorado by now, but drive safe. Take it easy. Hope to see photos from your trip later.
harshaj1 wrote:
Andy
Fantastic shots as others have mentioned. #7 and 15 are my favorites. You got a very versatile combo for this type of action. easily handholdable. D300 with its great autofocus system is of some help here but it is hard to beat the skill of the photographer. I would say you would have done very well with any DSLR and the credit goes to you. Congrats.
Harsha
Harsha,
Thank you so much for the great encouraging comment. The D300 is a very capable camera. It's got so many functions that it took me a while to adapt to it. I love it. Can't think of any other camera I'd rather use. As for the lens, it's fast, it's light, it's affordable, with the 1.7x it becomes 510mm, plus the crop factor of the DX camera, it'd be a whopping 765mm - good enough for BIF. But you're right, there's a saying that goes "it's not the camera, it's you." or something like that. One thing I do know that certainly helped me get these shots is the love of nature and photography.
Just read Hungran's last post for all the pleasant comments I said about you two 
but sure glad you cashed in on it 