FLIGHT

YOUTUBE ^ | Feb 25, 2012 | swampsniper

[Gator113]

Well done. Your work always makes me feel peaceful and gives me the desire to go camping along an ocean.

Thank you....

[Gator113]

I liked them all, but the Humming bird is my favorite.

[Gator113]

Humming bird =Hummingbird

[gorush]

[gorush]

[Mears]

Lord,what a beautiful bird.

Thanks for the pic.

[gorush]

Glad you liked it. You’re welcome.

[left that other site]

I LOVE your pix, Swampsniper!

[Gator113]

That is awesome. After seeing your first pic, I convinced my two young grandsons that they needed to put up a Hummingbird feeder right outside my window this weekend.

It’s too early in the year, but it will be there when it’s time. I own some killer camera gear and I should be able to get some very nice pic’s.

Thank for the inspiration.

[gorush]

Aw shucks...good luck. Replace the food weekly, they’ll love it and reward you accordingly.

[Sylvester McMonkey McBean]

Thanks for the include, sir.

Some of those shots dare I say border on stunning.

How much, if any post-processing do you do?

[WVNan]

Beautiful Swamp. As my long ago 5 year old son said, “I luvz seagles.”

[gorush]

[Clay Moore]

I am impressed! My luck shooting birds against the sky has been pretty poor. I always seem to end up with a silhouette against the sky.

Do you overexpose and then underexpose background?

[credo 2]

That is beautiful!

I immediately thought of Eddie Richenbacher (sp?) and his going to the beach on Friday nights to feed the seagulls. He must have been there, at least in spirit!

[rustbucket]

I found an interesting thread on Flickr about taking pictures of flying birds. A lot of good advice on the thread. See: Link.

I've been having difficulty taking pictures of ducks and other birds that fly by fast, which is why I searched for help. Most of the time the bird I'm trying to take a picture of ends up not in focus. The slower moving ones and the bigger ones I can get -- the fast ones and the small ones are tougher, particularly if there is a lot of background clutter behind them. The camera ends up focused on the clutter rather than the bird if I'm not careful.

[Fantasywriter]

WOW—you’re good!

[berdie]

Absolutely stunning!

(Thanks for the ping.)

[lonestar]

Great!

[3D-JOY]

WOW!!

That was the best 4 and a half minutes of my day!

Thank you.