a few from the family shoot

[jeff lapoint]

my family was in town yesterday, and being camera geeks too i thought they'd enjoy a morning trip to bolsa chica.

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/28954857-L.jpg

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/28954866-L.jpg

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/28954840-L.jpg

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/28954871-L.jpg

aside from the goofy gloom it was a nice trip. thanks for the look!

-j

[gus]

Very nice jeff :thumb

[bfjr]

Hey I know those birds and that stick in water !!! :lol4

Nice seeing you guys there. Did you get my reply on the other post??
That Heron shot, looks like a Harry Shot :D good work :thumb all of them.
the NH is real crisp and true to life!!
when they let up on you at work come shootin with us :): :wink

[ginger_55]

Fantastic bird shots!! I love them!

However, I would never move to California with a background color like you all seem to have found.................is that really it???

Perhaps some pop? An Overlay of a different region of the USA?

I love the birds, really do.

ginger

[jwear]

nice meeting the family Jeff looks like you had a fun day --maybe next weekend you could go and plant somethings for background :dunno it would be helpful grey skys grey birds grey water :huh what you gona do :scratch

[jeff lapoint]

Very nice jeff :thumb
thanks gus, nice to hear from ya! by the way, thank you for the lens suggestion a while back, http://dgrin.com/images/smilies/15524779-Ti.gif the 400 5.6 rocks!

[Phil U.]

Jeff - great set of bird shots. Too bad it was so grey and gloomy. It did give you some soft light though.

Love the comp on the NH - I think you could probably bring up the exposure and contrast on him though.

[jeff lapoint]

Hey I know those birds and that stick in water !!! :lol4

Nice seeing you guys there. Did you get my reply on the other post??
That Heron shot, looks like a Harry Shot :D good work :thumb all of them.
the NH is real crisp and true to life!!
when they let up on you at work come shootin with us :): :wink
good to see you too ben. thanks so much for the harry comparison...i'm a few light years behind el jefe's skills, but its flattering nonethelesshttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/mwink.gif

i'll be between rotations this weekend so i should have a free day, but internal medicine starts on mondayhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/Whip.gif. i'd better get all the shooting i can in before then...

[jeff lapoint]

Fantastic bird shots!! I love them!

However, I would never move to California with a background color like you all seem to have found.................is that really it???

Perhaps some pop? An Overlay of a different region of the USA?

I love the birds, really do.

ginger
thanks so much ginger. in my experience the gloom is more of a summer phenomenon. most of the year, at least where i grew up in san diego, is pretty free from the marine layer. mornings by the ocean seem to be the worst. i'm looking to get some evening shoots in today or tomorrow...i'll post them so you can see that we really do have some background colors out herehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif nothing like what you have to deal with, but prettier than the summer gloomy gray!

[jeff lapoint]

nice meeting the family Jeff looks like you had a fun day --maybe next weekend you could go and plant somethings for background :dunno it would be helpful grey skys grey birds grey water :huh what you gona do :scratch

tell me about it jeff! it was just nice to be out shooting for a change...i'm getting slammed at work, but i'm learning a ton and meeting some wonderful patients. its a more than fair trade off, buts its killing my photographyhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/ne_nau.gifhttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/icon10.gif
my brother in law especially enjoyed meeting you. he has the summer off and has promised to start on a handle bar mustachehttp://dgrin.com/images/smilies/yelrotflmao.gifno joke man, he couldnt stop talking about your 'stache and how cool it was. hopefully picture to follow...
-j

[jeff lapoint]

Jeff - great set of bird shots. Too bad it was so grey and gloomy. It did give you some soft light though.

Love the comp on the NH - I think you could probably bring up the exposure and contrast on him though.
thanks so much for the suggestions phil! i reprocessed the NH shot...

http://lapiz007.smugmug.com/photos/28982796-L.jpg

any better?

-j

[Harryb]

excellent shots Jeff. :clap

[Khaos]

#3 is saweet!:thumb:thumb

[Phil U.]

thanks so much for the suggestions phil! i reprocessed the NH shot...


any better?

-j

YES, I think so.... :clap