Posted by Craig Nash on February 18, 2009 at 4:11 AM
I am in Arthur's pass in NZ and thought I would go hiking instead of Bird Photography so went on the local route behind the Hostel. On the map it looked a nice circuit but I didnt really look hard enough and got upto about 300 metres from top of mountain (6000 ft) thinking I cant go on. It was baking hot and I stopped and this guy came and visited me. So with 1d2n and sigma 10-20 for the landscapes I got a number of shots. I eventually got back with a roundtrip of 7.5 hours.
Posted by Tom Smit on February 18, 2009 at 5:19 AM
Great shot and that with a 10-22.
How close were you?
Posted by Craig Nash on February 18, 2009 at 5:48 AM
I could post another very in your face picture of it trying to remove the lens!!!!!
Sweet as. Great birds aren't they. Looks like you had a great view from up there. I photographed them in the car park above the Arthur's Pass Viaduct. Spent as much time stopping them from eating the car trim as photographing them.
Terry
Posted by Mark Caton on February 18, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Must have been very close - but with these birds its often you that wants to back away, rather than the bird - v. aggressive!
interested in the f-stop used?
Mark
Posted by David J Slater on February 18, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Brilliant shot.
Posted by Mark Hamblin on February 19, 2009 at 4:24 AM
Interesting shot. I enjoy these wide angle enviros. It works very well. Cheers, Mark
Posted by David Sewell on February 19, 2009 at 4:36 AM
Like Mark, I really like this wide angle stuff with plenty of background. Nice treatment of the subject.
David
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 19, 2009 at 3:42 PM
Discussion
8 repliesHow close were you?
Terry
interested in the f-stop used?
Mark
David