I went out in my Kayak today in search of the loons. There are 3 mature adults on this pond and I found them all within 1 hour of slowly paddleing around the lower half near the launch area. As I put, in 2 bass boats were pulling up. My hopes sank about finding them. But I tried to keep positive and kept to my plan. I will paddle out about 100 yards from shore and play my tape of loons calls. They will hear it from all the way to the other end of the pond, even though a person on shore cannot.
When they approached one broke off from the group and kept swimming closer and closer, till he was about 30 feet away to my left. He would dive, then pop up, look at me and dive again. He dove 4 times and re-appeared to my right.
Since there was no sun, moderate clouds and a slight mist, I wanted to see what the images would look like. I like the image for the conditions I was under. I am just not sure it is light enough. You really can't compare this one to a fully lit up loon in golden light. And I plan on getting some more of those in the weeks to come.
I have been encouraged to go out in clouds, rain, sun, wind, no matter what and try to find something different. What do you think of this image? Please don't be shy and leave a comment, good or what to improve.
Canon EOS-1D Mark II N, Shooting Date/Time: 4/28/2008 13:17:04, Shutter Speed 1/500Sec. Av(Aperture Value) F8.0, Evaluative metering, Exposure Compensation 0, ISO 400, Lens: EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM, Image Quality RAW, No Flash, White Balance Auto, AI Servo AF, hand held in the Kayak. Processed in Digital Pro by Canon, converted as a 12x18 into Photoshop 6 and cropped for a 9x12. Minor levels to lighten, color balance and some contrast.
Last edited by Grady Weed; 04-27-2008 at 03:46 PM.
I like it Grady! Only suggestion would be to crop some off the bottom and the left of the image. Here's a repost in which I boosted the shadows and applied a little selective sharpening. Then a recrop.
Last edited by Doug Brown; 04-27-2008 at 04:20 PM.
Glad you will be going out after them in different light conditions With the one presented I think some plus compensation would have been in order? Do like the feel but think the image could have been a little brighter !!!! Good luck with the loons !!!!!
Loon In the Rain
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