Originally posted by rox_rox:
The birds in FLA my be tamer than those in CA. The gulls here are pretty easy to walk up to. If you throw out some food, you may even be attacked.
Here are two shots I took with my point and shoot in Anna Maria, FL. Focal length was 23 mm. I could have gotten closer, but it's a rookery, and the birds are not to be harassed.
Straight from the camera:
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Pretty different in my opinion. Yes, I agree you can get closer by feeding them, around here that usually results in 300 of them around you and bird turd on some part of your body! We wouldn't get 1 bird close and 3 or 4 more 20+ feet away.
Ok, so assume his setup to shoot the landscape was using a tripod or handheld, but either way he had to be standing still.
So the bird had to come from behind and to the right, flying low and very close. It doesn't appear to be turning, but flying straight. So when it came from behind and passed him, pretty much the wings would have hit him or his camera - I think.
EDIT - actually, the wings are past center of the shot and the bird is not in a turn, so it either had to fly through him or it is in a very steep angled descent - nearly straight down. Neither seems possible.
Message edited by author 2007-10-12 11:45:32. |
