Belt and Braces

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 2:42 pm

Taken on a morning walk thorugh the Patagonia/Sonoita Creek (AZ) bird sanctuary a week or so ago. Grasshoppers aplenty, very few birds.

Canon EOS 5D
Canon 300 4:1 L IS with 1.4X extender
ISO 250
1/30 sec f9

Thanks for looking

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:14 pm

Nice looking image there Gary, it seems to remind me that Thanksgiving is not to far around the corner, would ya just look at those drumsticks!

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:32 pm

Very neat looking shot Gary, he looks like he is holding on for dear life.

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Sat Oct 28, 2006 4:41 pm

Thanks guys. "Holding on for dear life" was my first thought for a title.

Gary

Carl_Constantine · Post by **Carl_Constantine** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 8:32 am

First thing I did when I saw this was laug. It made me think of something hitting the leaf like in the cartoons. Great image, got one of what's on the other side of that? :-)

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:06 am

Hi Carl, how about a side view?

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:23 am

Very nice, Gary.

And funny!

You tuned your ISO settings lower as I can see.

gslaten · Post by **gslaten** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 11:29 am

Hi MacroLuv,

Thanks for the kudos. And yes indeed, much reduced the ISO. Thanks again.

Gary

Walter Piorkowski · Post by **Walter Piorkowski** » Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:32 pm

I laughed hard too, thanks gslaten.

Walt