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Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

That’s a Cormorant sitting on a pole that Arty Morris placed in the water to give him opportunities for nice portraits. You can spot Arty’s locations as he drives 4x4s in 3’s at a row boats width. He has all sorts of tricks and if you ever get a chance his seminars are well worth it.



Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

I’d been shooting at the West Pond most of the morning. I decided to take a walk over to the East Pond to see what was doing there. As I arrived there was a racket of honking and lots of swans were taking to the air. I wonder if JFK tower was controlling them as they took off and landed on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay in New York City? I posted this photo to show you how close the East Pond is to JFK. The first is my favorite.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris
 
morris said:


Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

That’s a Cormorant sitting on a pole that Arty Morris placed in the
water to give him opportunities for nice portraits. You can spot
Arty’s locations as he drives 4x4s in 3’s at a row boats width. He
has all sorts of tricks and if you ever get a chance his seminars
are well worth it.



Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

I’d been shooting at the West Pond most of the morning. I decided
to take a walk over to the East Pond to see what was doing there.
As I arrived there was a racket of honking and lots of swans were
taking to the air. I wonder if JFK tower was controlling them as
they took off and landed on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay in New
York City? I posted this photo to show you how close the East Pond
is to JFK. The first is my favorite.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris
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I agree, the first is best and a nice one. I like the wing position of the second, but would take cropping etc. to adjust like #1. How good is it if zoomed in to same bird size?
TMc
 
These are lovely, Morris, and are among my favourites of your birds in flight photos that I have seen. I think it is partly the extraordinary elegance of swans (when airborne of course ;-) ) but also the position in which you have caught the wings and the light shining through them.
Thanks for the background info too.
Cheers,
Nionyn
 
Very nice, I especially love the backlit wing in the first shot, adds some very nice texture to the image.
 
Hi Morris

I really enjoy seeing your improvements over a year of "birds in Flight". Wonderfully shot, great detail, I like both. Do you feel you benefited from that course you took in NYC a while back. I can't remember who offered the course but you did mention it was about photographing wildlife action shots, I could sense your excitement in your posts...
Well Done
Dave
morris said:


Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

That’s a Cormorant sitting on a pole that Arty Morris placed in the
water to give him opportunities for nice portraits. You can spot
Arty’s locations as he drives 4x4s in 3’s at a row boats width. He
has all sorts of tricks and if you ever get a chance his seminars
are well worth it.



Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

I’d been shooting at the West Pond most of the morning. I decided
to take a walk over to the East Pond to see what was doing there.
As I arrived there was a racket of honking and lots of swans were
taking to the air. I wonder if JFK tower was controlling them as
they took off and landed on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay in New
York City? I posted this photo to show you how close the East Pond
is to JFK. The first is my favorite.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris
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Thank you TMc,

The Both photos are already cropped. Going further with the second one would take away the quality and it is not the best in the first place.

Morris
TMacaw said:
morris said:


Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

That’s a Cormorant sitting on a pole that Arty Morris placed in the
water to give him opportunities for nice portraits. You can spot
Arty’s locations as he drives 4x4s in 3’s at a row boats width. He
has all sorts of tricks and if you ever get a chance his seminars
are well worth it.



Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

I’d been shooting at the West Pond most of the morning. I decided
to take a walk over to the East Pond to see what was doing there.
As I arrived there was a racket of honking and lots of swans were
taking to the air. I wonder if JFK tower was controlling them as
they took off and landed on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay in New
York City? I posted this photo to show you how close the East Pond
is to JFK. The first is my favorite.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris
Click to expand...
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I agree, the first is best and a nice one. I like the wing
position of the second, but would take cropping etc. to adjust like
  1. 1. How good is it if zoomed in to same bird size?
TMc
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Thank you Nionyn,

I'm very happy with them as well.

Morris
Nionyn said:
These are lovely, Morris, and are among my favourites of your birds
in flight photos that I have seen. I think it is partly the
extraordinary elegance of swans (when airborne of course ;-) ) but
also the position in which you have caught the wings and the light
shining through them.
Thanks for the background info too.
Cheers,
Nionyn
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Thank you Dave,

Arty Morris who I spoke about in this post gave the seminar and I did gane from it.

Morris
tameria11 said:
morris said:


Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

That’s a Cormorant sitting on a pole that Arty Morris placed in the
water to give him opportunities for nice portraits. You can spot
Arty’s locations as he drives 4x4s in 3’s at a row boats width. He
has all sorts of tricks and if you ever get a chance his seminars
are well worth it.



Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

I’d been shooting at the West Pond most of the morning. I decided
to take a walk over to the East Pond to see what was doing there.
As I arrived there was a racket of honking and lots of swans were
taking to the air. I wonder if JFK tower was controlling them as
they took off and landed on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay in New
York City? I posted this photo to show you how close the East Pond
is to JFK. The first is my favorite.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris
Click to expand...
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http://www.pbase.com/tameria11
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Extraordinary shots! Thank you!
morris said:


Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

That’s a Cormorant sitting on a pole that Arty Morris placed in the
water to give him opportunities for nice portraits. You can spot
Arty’s locations as he drives 4x4s in 3’s at a row boats width. He
has all sorts of tricks and if you ever get a chance his seminars
are well worth it.



Fuji S602 + B-300 @357mm, ISO 160, 1/500, f 8.0

I’d been shooting at the West Pond most of the morning. I decided
to take a walk over to the East Pond to see what was doing there.
As I arrived there was a racket of honking and lots of swans were
taking to the air. I wonder if JFK tower was controlling them as
they took off and landed on the East Pond at Jamaica Bay in New
York City? I posted this photo to show you how close the East Pond
is to JFK. The first is my favorite.

Comments and suggestions welcome.

Morris
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