I had a chance to go out to Ft. Desoto with some friends yesterday. Activity at Desoto is picking up, and it's really exciting to see the amount of birds we saw yesterday. I made this image laying in sand/water, with my Sigma 500mm on the "Shadle Slider" ;) My gear was more dirty yesterday than ever before...
Shooting Solution
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 500 f/4.5
Manual Exposure, 1/1250 @ f/8, ISO 400
Full frame, manually focused
Thanks for looking!
Comments welcomed and much appreciated :)
03-16-2008, 09:29 AM
Taylor Yeager
Nice image! What is the "Shadle slider"??
Taylor
03-16-2008, 09:38 AM
Arthur Morris
Nicely done. Can anyone age and ID this bird? Love the soft light and the perspective.
later and love, artie
03-16-2008, 11:04 AM
Jeff Wear
it has all the elements --well done ,slider ?????
03-16-2008, 11:06 AM
Steve Maxson
Very nice image Blake. Artie, the yellow legs say Least Sandpiper and the lack of spots suggest a first-year bird. That's my guess and I'm sticking with it. :)
03-16-2008, 11:22 AM
Blake Shadle
The Shadle Slider is something that my Dad has been working on for a while (he made his first prototype about 7 years ago), allowing you to get low and slide your big lens through the mud. ;)
03-16-2008, 11:50 AM
Adams Serra
Another great low angle picture Blake, you inspired me to try to get some low angle pictures, so last week i went to Ft. Myers Bch and was able to get some nice pictures laying flat on my belly. I posted one of them last night.
03-16-2008, 06:22 PM
Maxis Gamez
Very nice low angle and amazing BG. You have a winner here!
03-16-2008, 07:22 PM
Ian McHenry
Real nice image Blake.
Unusual to see more space behind the bird, but as the bird is looking that way it works well.
03-16-2008, 08:41 PM
Philip Pietri
Again, great work here Mr. Blake. As far as I'm concerned this is a flawless image.