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Common Loons

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Posted by Scott Perry on March 27, 2008 at 5:54 PM
Common Loons
Common Loon with young from Adirondack state park NY.Nikon D200 w/70-200mm afs vr lens w/1.4x @280mm,iso 400,1/180s,f/8,from canoe.
Posted by Mike McNeill on March 27, 2008 at 7:18 PM
I absolutely love Loons! They are my favorite bird! I love to story being told here but I see a blue cast on the adult that should be black and the green reflection on the water seems a little over saturated. Tone those down and I think you have a winner!!
Posted by Scott Perry on March 27, 2008 at 10:11 PM
I lowered the saturation setting to normal and repost photo.
Scott
Posted by Scott Perry on March 27, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Another photo from the same day. Camera set to normal saturation ,Loon surfaced 8 feet from canoe.
Scott
Posted by Stephen Fogle on March 28, 2008 at 8:30 AM
Looks pretty loony from here. :biggrin:
That's great when your subject comes right up to you and poses. More often for me, they stay right out of range and every time I get a little bit longer focal length the move off a little farther.