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[OM] Re: [photo] Great Blue Heron 10

Subject: [OM] Re: [photo] Great Blue Heron 10
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayneharridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 23:21:42 +1000
> 
> I'm glad you brought this up.  I also struggled with the 
> "coolness" of the shots taken with the Takahashi especially 
> sense this refractor has excellent reviews when it comes to 
> color neutrality.  This image has a WB of 5600K and was taken 
> around 2-3pm.  In PS, grays show up with equal amounts of RGB 
> as well as the whites.  The overall "coolness" of the image 
> to the eye might be due to the fact that all the colors in 
> the image are "cool", the blue in the sky, blues and grays in 
> the Heron and neutral grays in the branches of the nest and 
> dead tree.  Maybe the "coolness" is exaggerated due to the 
> interaction of the Takahashi and the E-1.  Who knows for 
> sure.  More experimentation will give the answer.

I guess you could do a custom WB using the Tak. and a white card then see
how it makes the tree/sky/heron look.

> 
> The timing had more to do with good fortune then brilliancy 
> I'm afraid. I've been observing the Herons for over a week 
> and have become accustomed to some of their behavior.  I aim 
> the camera setup at a particular nest that I feel will have a 
> visiting bird and when one approaches, I use the sequential 
> drive and just hold the shutter down for 5-10 frames.  I find 
> the shape of their wings frozen in time beautiful.  I hope 
> others do as well.
> 

Well your technique obviously works well !

...Wayne



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