Still up close but safer, and higher shooting plane.
28mm 1/125 sec @ f8, Hand held. “Stalked”.
Posted by John Robinson on March 26, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Ray
Going back to your recent post of the same animal. The first one had a blueish caste. No doubt about that .
One of these guys taken from a boardwalk in the Anhingha NP in Florida ,as you describe, in my opinion is not really a wild animal. I have many friends who have been there( Its like doing the waders at that place in Norfolk where the bearded tits breed, or even Slimbridge ) But maybe its no different from the blue tits on your nuts.
The first pic was great if the saturation was reduced by 70 %
I fail to see how a subjectof this size can be "stalked" from a boardwalk
JR
Posted by Mark sellings on March 27, 2009 at 5:49 AM
Hi Ray,
I've been there - fantastic place, especially the boardwalk - i remember getting there early to find some massive turtles scampering around on it! I don't worry about whether its a wild animal - I think it is because the boardwalk has been put there where they always were before, and their behaviour isn't altered except maybe some level of habituation to humans via the boardwalk. Thats a topic that will run and run - if anything it's maybe more wild than the man made feeder pools John does? interesting topic best left for another day!
Nits for me are the bg/environment is too sharp for my tastes and comp not quite there though not sure what you would do with it to improve it, and I guess simply a nice personal record shot for you to evoke happy memories from.
Mark
Posted by David Sewell on March 27, 2009 at 5:55 AM
I visited the same spot, and it is one of the best places in the Everglades. However, everything does have tolerance limits, so even with habituated wildlife there is often still a limited need to stalk, which is what I presume Ray is referring to. Nice shot, but it does seem to have a slightly bluish cast to me.
Colour is getting closer here, still not quite there but closer, I think you may have to look at your scanning software as this looks 'muddy', (I am presuming its a scan), Won't comment on the location as I do not know it... compositionally I feel if possible I would have liked to have a bit more of the body in the frame if possible (I do not know if you could have moved back any) just so that the forelegs are in the picture as that would IMO have illustrated the 'high walk' of these reptiles nicely as well as the differing sizes of the scutes...
As it is I guess a nice record of what must have been an unforgettable trip
Discussion
4 replies28mm 1/125 sec @ f8, Hand held. “Stalked”.
Going back to your recent post of the same animal. The first one had a blueish caste. No doubt about that .
One of these guys taken from a boardwalk in the Anhingha NP in Florida ,as you describe, in my opinion is not really a wild animal. I have many friends who have been there( Its like doing the waders at that place in Norfolk where the bearded tits breed, or even Slimbridge ) But maybe its no different from the blue tits on your nuts.
The first pic was great if the saturation was reduced by 70 %
I fail to see how a subjectof this size can be "stalked" from a boardwalk
JR
I've been there - fantastic place, especially the boardwalk - i remember getting there early to find some massive turtles scampering around on it! I don't worry about whether its a wild animal - I think it is because the boardwalk has been put there where they always were before, and their behaviour isn't altered except maybe some level of habituation to humans via the boardwalk. Thats a topic that will run and run - if anything it's maybe more wild than the man made feeder pools John does? interesting topic best left for another day!
Nits for me are the bg/environment is too sharp for my tastes and comp not quite there though not sure what you would do with it to improve it, and I guess simply a nice personal record shot for you to evoke happy memories from.
Mark
David
Colour is getting closer here, still not quite there but closer, I think you may have to look at your scanning software as this looks 'muddy', (I am presuming its a scan), Won't comment on the location as I do not know it... compositionally I feel if possible I would have liked to have a bit more of the body in the frame if possible (I do not know if you could have moved back any) just so that the forelegs are in the picture as that would IMO have illustrated the 'high walk' of these reptiles nicely as well as the differing sizes of the scutes...
As it is I guess a nice record of what must have been an unforgettable trip