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Incidental Architecture
« on: July 01, 2013, 10:20:43 pm »

While I was in the process of hunting down herons and egrets, this boathouse beckoned in the late afternoon light, so I shot it; and then I got the black crowned heron head shot as a bonus (thanks to Ken and Rich for naming the bird).



I think the heron was wondering why I wasn't paying attention to him anymore, and he let me get in way too close with a very long lens. I may have to consider it for portrait taking, the bokeh is not bad. Yes, I used the pop-up flash for fill light!
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Jeremy Roussak

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Re: Incidental Architecture
« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2013, 03:26:26 am »

The heron's great but it's a shame you cropped off the top of the boathouse.

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Re: Incidental Architecture
« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2013, 04:09:30 am »

The heron's great but it's a shame you cropped off the top of the boathouse.

I agree. The cropping was possibly caused by the focal length not giving enough FOV, but people should remember that taking two overlapping shots will in such cases allow to make a stitched composite. It always helps to have some additional/aternative solutions at hand ...

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Bart
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Re: Incidental Architecture
« Reply #3 on: July 02, 2013, 10:51:25 pm »

Hi Jeremy and Bart,

You guys are totally right about the unfortunate lopping off of the roof.

Luckily, I have to chalk it up to late night editing rather than making the wrong choice while shooting. For some reason I shy away from leaving 4:3 frames as is, and tend to try to crop to one of the older standard sizes for 8x10 or 8x12 prints (5:4 and 3:2 ratios). In this case, I made a horrible mistake and the building lost its head. Sort of.
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Better now?

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