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Any first hand info on bird photography near the Salton Sea?
Will be passing by this area next week and if there are good photo opps for
birds I can visit for a day or so. I have the ABA Guide to SoCal birding and it has plenty of good things to say about the SS area but from the perspective of a birder, not necessarily a photographer. We need to get a *lot* closer and need the right light to make it worthwhile. Anyone done any good work there? Any spots where you can approach closely with good light over your shoulder for long lens work? Particularly interested in Clark's grebes and avocets but any waterfowl or shorebirds etc would be of interest. Thanks. Bill |
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Bill wrote:
Will be passing by this area next week and if there are good photo opps for birds I can visit for a day or so. I have the ABA Guide to SoCal birding and it has plenty of good things to say about the SS area but from the perspective of a birder, not necessarily a photographer. We need to get a *lot* closer and need the right light to make it worthwhile. Anyone done any good work there? Any spots where you can approach closely with good light over your shoulder for long lens work? Particularly interested in Clark's grebes and avocets but any waterfowl or shorebirds etc would be of interest. I would say that the first rule for wildlife photography is to go where the wildlife lives. Once there, and once you identify the wildlife, you can worry about getting the light right. ---Bob Gross--- |
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On 21 Jan 2005 00:32:39 GMT, Robertwgross wrote:
I would say that the first rule for wildlife photography is to go where the wildlife lives. Once there, and once you identify the wildlife, you can worry about getting the light right. .... and this is supposed to be helpful? |
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Robertwgross wrote:
Bill wrote: Will be passing by this area next week and if there are good photo opps for birds I can visit for a day or so. I have the ABA Guide to SoCal birding and it has plenty of good things to say about the SS area but from the perspective of a birder, not necessarily a photographer. We need to get a *lot* closer and need the right light to make it worthwhile. Anyone done any good work there? Any spots where you can approach closely with good light over your shoulder for long lens work? Particularly interested in Clark's grebes and avocets but any waterfowl or shorebirds etc would be of interest. I would say that the first rule for wildlife photography is to go where the wildlife lives. Once there, and once you identify the wildlife, you can worry about getting the light right. This is not necessarily correct. For example, there may be some wildlife that stays on the east side of a mountain. Thus, to get them in nice low sunlight, you are restricted to the morning imaging. In Bill's case, if the birds are on the western shore, you might need to be in the water to image them with the sun over your shoulder in the morning. Bill is a really top photographer, who has asked about a specific area. It would be nice to know specific spots in that area and if there were restrictions as to time of day. It was a legitimate question. Bill, although I have been in the area, I was doing landscapes and didn't see much in birds that I recall (maybe wrong time of year, or wrong spot). It was about this time of year. Roger |
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From: "Roger N. Clark
Bill, although I have been in the area, I was doing landscapes and didn't see much in birds that I recall (maybe wrong time of year, or wrong spot). It was about this time of year. Thanks Roger, we were thinking of stopping if we got our fill of pelicans, godwits, wood ducks, cormorants etc in San Diego next week but if I can't get any specific info we'll probably pass since we'd only have one PM and the next AM, probably not enough time to figure out such a large area starting from scratch. Bill |
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Bill wrote:
The problem is that sometimes there are large numbers but you can't do anything with them, photographically speaking. For example, I know of wildlife refuges in Colorado and Arizona (near where I live) with sandhill crane populations of 40,000 - 50,000 birds in winter (Az) and during the March migration (Colorado), yet it's almost impossbile to get a good photo of cranes because you can't approach within half a mile and the birds are very wary. Wary? California has at least one Sandhill preserve. I was standing there with a long lens, cursing that the birds were staying 75 yards out. A bystander then told me that there was another thousand or so standing in the field next to the road just a mile from there. They were all over the place. I just waited for sunset. When the sun was down behind the horizon, but the sky was still lit up with orange and red, I got the reflection shot off the shallow water with the Sandhill Cranes silhouetted. This was about three weeks ago. ---Bob Gross--- |
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Bob, which preserve?
Grey Lodge was great for geese. I didn't have any luck near Los Banos (nor much time). -jeff "Robertwgross" wrote in message ... Wary? California has at least one Sandhill preserve. I was standing there with a long lens, cursing that the birds were staying 75 yards out. A bystander then told me that there was another thousand or so standing in the field next to the road just a mile from there. They were all over the place. I just waited for sunset. When the sun was down behind the horizon, but the sky was still lit up with orange and red, I got the reflection shot off the shallow water with the Sandhill Cranes silhouetted. This was about three weeks ago. ---Bob Gross--- |
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