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Ganesh H Shankar
Stilt in Nature
Remote photography using wide angle lenses can be frustrating. Subjects in nature are more intelligent than what we think they are. Even a rock agama will avoid coming near the camera ! Further lots of it is luck. An important challenge being controlling the composition - in fact we don't have control unless we are using active beam-cutting triggers which are not easy to for making images of free flying birds in nature without a regular pattern/path of flight. That said, I kind of like the perspectives like these which are the results of a free flying bird showing up right in front of a 12-24 lens at about 15mm. May be more so because these are results of hours of frustrating experiements in the field :)
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Commentby Pramod Viswanath on Mon Nov 16, 2009 8:25 pm

Frustration or test of patience? I know how it feels when nothing goes your way on days and it feels bad when you go with nothing to add to the kitty. @ 15 mm if this is the size of the stilt that you can get in the frame - its stunningly close!! Wide perspective, the cumulonimbus clouds and those undergrowth reaching out for the skies with a bird in the frame is astounding. This image, for me, can be placed next nothing but goes over the top for the kind of effort. I love this image Ganesh no matter what!

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Commentby Shankar Kiragi on Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:18 pm

Ganesh, Nice perspective composition atleast. Was the flash light included ? Did you use camera hide ?

That's why some impatient photographers keep feed/bait near to the camera to attract the subject, which is not our cup of tea.

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Commentby Ganesh H Shankar on Thu Nov 19, 2009 4:00 pm

No flash light here Shankar. I did cover the camera with a camo cloth and materials (grass/stone) surrounding that location. Yes, baiting is not our cup of tree...more so when we are doing this for a pure joy and thrill of getting something new..

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