I want to join Egret Fest

[bfjr]

Finally some small success. 1st I want to thank Harry, Trish for sending me my own Egret. Yes arrived safely today. And here is the proof:

All shot with FZ20 and TCON14B aboard

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/18597519-M.jpg

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/18597675-L.jpg

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/18597829-M.jpg

And finally a BIF, I know not great but Geez it's my 1st. It's hard to get a good BIF while your holding the Egret leash in one hand and shootin with the other :rofl

http://bfjr.smugmug.com/photos/18597927-M.jpg

I hope you enjoy and except me in the Egret Club :thumb

[Andy]

very nice.

that fz10 seems like it delivers nice quality. you had the most to do with it, of course..

thanks for sharing

[Harryb]

Finally some small success. 1st I want to thank Harry, Trish for sending me my own Egret. Yes arrived safely today. And here is the proof:

All shot with FZ20 and TCON14B aboard

And finally a BIF, I know not great but Geez it's my 1st. It's hard to get a good BIF while your holding the Egret leash in one hand and shootin with the other :rofl

I hope you enjoy and except me in the Egret Club :thumb
Hey Ben,

Good work.:clap I like the comp on the first shot. Good try on the BIF. They are definitely one of the hardest shots to get.

[jwear]

Ben great and shooting with the green backdrop ain't easy :thumb bif we all know is harder than -- -- you know, nice shots did you order 2 birds so i can shot one :scratch very good use of the day :clap :thumb :clap and you sound like you had fun good going Ben JEFF

[bfjr]

very ni ce.

that fz10 seems like it delivers nice quality. you had the most to do with it, of course..

thanks for sharing

Thank you for commenting. Yes, it definitely is a great bang for the buck camera and with the 1.4 extender it can deliver, but I'm sure I'll be moving up soon :thumb

[Kirwin]

Hi Ben,

Way to go.:thumb Keep them coming!

[bfjr]

Hey Ben,

Good work.:clap I like the comp on the first shot. Good try on the BIF. They are definitely one of the hardest shots to get.

Boy Harry,
I really wanted an Egret of my very own just like my Eagle. 1st ones on my gallery. Really want to thank you for your help here (no joke) reading your posts and viewing your images gives inspiration/tips etc. almost everything I need to try and succeed, like Dixie says I just push the button :D :thumb

[bfjr]

Ben great and shooting with the green backdrop ain't easy :thumb bif we all know is harder than -- -- you know, nice shots did you order 2 birds so i can shot one :scratch very good use of the day :clap :thumb :clap and you sound like you had fun good going Ben JEFF

Thanks Jeff :thumb
Yeah he's close to home and of course I'll be back there for sure. More BIF's to come in focus I hope :D :lol4

[bfjr]

Hi Ben,

Way to go.:thumb Keep them coming!

Thanks Kirwin. Hope to will be visiting this area regularly now.
Have you tried this extender, it seems quite good. I did notice some blue fringing on certain images where background was badly blown, but images was bad in 1st place so no biggy. :thumb

[Steve Cavigliano]

Very good job Ben :thumb :thumb


Looks like it was tough lighting (which makes it twice as hard to properly expose these guys :rolleyes ), yet you got some very nice results :clap


I feel your pain on the BIF shot. They are usually very difficult to nail. I think you did just fine for your 1st BIF :thumb


Thanks for sharing these and I hope you get more opportunities to shoot this guy before he has to be returned.:lol4 I think Harry's Bird of the Month Club gives you 2 weeks, if I'm not mistaken. Don't keep him too long, I hear the overdue charges are killer :haha

Steve

[bfjr]

Very good job Ben :thumb :thumb


Looks like it was tough lighting (which makes it twice as hard to properly expose these guys :rolleyes ), yet you got some very nice results :clap


I feel your pain on the BIF shot. They are usually very difficult to nail. I think you did just fine for your 1st BIF :thumb


Thanks for sharing these and I hope you get more opportunities to shoot this guy before he has to be returned.:lol4 I think Harry's Bird of the Month Club gives you 2 weeks, if I'm not mistaken. Don't keep him too long, I hear the overdue charges are killer :haha

Steve Thanks for stopping by and replying, very much enjoy viewing your images as well as reading your replys :thumb
Overdue charges, Heck (:D) cheapo Harry didn't even send food, Egret ate all my "Ribs" :D now he's gettin into my dogs food let alone the wifes flower bed:wxwax :lol4. Hopefully a couple more photo shoots :dunno, and he's on the 1st red eye back to Harry :lol :lol4

[John Mueller]

The egrets Harry has been sending me are DOA.I think they are meant for Andy for one of his feasts:D
Nice captures.Please keep sharing.

[Kirwin]

Hi Ben,

Nope, I don't own any sort of extender or teleconvertor... would like to buy Panny's lens, but the cheapest I have found this lens for is $412.00.

Thanks Kirwin. Hope to will be visiting this area regularly now.
Have you tried this extender, it seems quite good. I did notice some blue fringing on certain images where background was badly blown, but images was bad in 1st place so no biggy. :thumb

[bfjr]

Hi Ben,

Nope, I don't own any sort of extender or teleconvertor... would like to buy Panny's lens, but the cheapest I have found this lens for is $412.00.
Check out these sites, you can do better then $412 with same quality

TCON114B (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&shs=tcon14b&image.x=0&image.y=0)

Adapter Tubes and Reviews (http://www.cs.mtu.edu/%7Eshene/DigiCam/User-Guide/FZ-10/)

hope that helps not that you need it :thumb