These images were captured at minus 25 wind chill, hand-held (somehow not shivering) with my Canon EOS 20D, 100-400IS Lens. I continued to shoot until I filled my compact flash card and no longer had feeling in my hands to be able to pull out the card to put in a fresh one. Devotion or stupidity? Too close to call.
I like the wings up and down poses and BG. It would have been even better with the sun behind you. I might give it a bit more room to fly into at the right.
I like it, Jake. I agree with above comments and would also like more room on the right. Let's see, at -25, unless you were wearing gloves, I'd give you about 5 minutes of photography before your fingers were paralyzed. :) I'm glad to see your equipment was still functioning in those temps.
Hey Steve,
You know after living in Minnesota -25 is no problem...it kind of feels like a warm tropical breeze after your skin is numb! I did have on gloves, but that really didn't help too much. The equipment was functioning, but I was churning through the batteries pretty quick. Thanks for the suggestion.