Sunday, January 10, 2016

Bird Image: Just Call These Geese Snap Crackle and Pop

Wild and Uncooperative

 

 

A couple of times a week, they cross my path, when out with the camera.

They never seem to hold a pose for more than a second or two.

Most of the time the three of them, never look in the same direction at the same time.


3 geese, birds

Over 300 times, the shutter snapped, trying to get a good composition today.

It was way past sundown when, I finally walked back to the office and downloaded the camera.

People could suspect a man standing in the road, talking to birds, may be a little crazy.

It's not nice, to throw rocks in order to get the wildlife, posing.

So, I try other stuff, while I'm looking through the view finder, to get the right shot.

Wiggling my fanny and trying to make rattlesnake noises, didn't work.

Then I tried, "Hey, birds there's a tiger over there, sneaking up on you!"  Didn't work.

This photo was one of the last shots, I took today and, I sort of like it.

It's not a proven technique yet but, I thought I'd pass along to everyone, how it was done.

Sing that Rice Krispy song about Snap, Crackle and Pop.

And, when you get to the part about Pop,  stomp a yellow flip-flop with your right foot.

It worked alright for me !



Camera:  Pentax K3

Lens:  Pentax 300MM and 1.4 converter -- Focal Length 420MM

Exposure:  f/7.1  1/15   ISO 100

Location:  Kin Town, Okinawa, Japan 

Latitude:  26.447

Longitude:  127.933

Date and Time:  JAN 10 2016   5:15PM


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2 comments:

Unknown said...

I hate it when, birds won't pose and, they sit around ,with no qualms !

RyukyuMike said...

JOSH,
On the other hand if, you were a hunter, they'd be easy pickings !