92012H
by vawendy

Comment by Kelli:
The fish seems to be imploring you to help him! LOL!

92012H
by vawendy

Comment by KarenNfld:
Oh how cool!!

92012E
by vawendy

Comment by nam:
Wonderful narrative and quite the capture to top it off. He got and you got, too :)

The Spectrum of Helium
by vawendy

Comment by giantmike:
I like it! Very nice.

92012H
by vawendy

Comment by nam:
That's a big fish in his mouth - bet it was fun to see them swallow the fish, too.
You must have gone back and added the exif data? Or is there something what I'm seeing in the box that Richard is interested in?
Off to check out the others and read your narrative now.

A Sense of Proportion
by vawendy

Comment by tvsometime:
Intense tones amplify the bloat and boat.

92012H
by vawendy

Comment by vawendy:

Originally posted by hahn23: Excellent wildlife shots. I'd find it infinitely more interesting and educational if you'd include exif data.

I'll try to remember -- it always seems like so much work. :)

I pretty much always shoot wide open on my 100-400 lens, because I need as much light as I can get, and then I adjust the ISO for how much movement I expect from the animal.

Since I was zoomed in pretty far, it was f5.6. I had to have an 800 ISO, because I was hoping for heron striking at the fish shots, and figured I needed about 1/800-1/1200 to get the shot. This one clocked in at 1/1000.

I realize that shooting wide open isn't the best option, but when I stop it down, I need to raise the iso even higher, and I get a lot of noise on my 7D. Plus, I do like the DOF that wide open gives, so I live with the problems.

92012H
by vawendy

Comment by hahn23:
Excellent wildlife shots. I'd find it infinitely more interesting and educational if you'd include exif data.

92012H
by vawendy

Comment by BeckyT:
That is so cool you got to witness all that. Love your photographs.

42012
by vawendy

Comment by bhuge:
What a great find. That second one sure looks mad, wonder if he is going to kick the other two birds off too.