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Apr, 2015Views
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Behind The Lens
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This photo was taken this year 2015, in a small town called San Todos, in the Baja California, Mexico. I eat, breath and live with a camera around my neck when I travel, because opportunities come without warning . I own a Pentax K-3, and a few humble lens. I am self taught photographer. I started my love for photographer in 1978 at the tender age of 19.Time
This photo was taken at the worst time of the day. The sun was almost straight overhead. I know how we photographers love the morning light or the wonderful golden hour of the evening. I also know that with the right angle, lots of mindfulness, anything is possible. It was a bit after 3pm and the fishermen were all coming in from a long day of fishing. Where there are fish, there are birds!Lighting
My desire was to get as many birds as I could in this photo, and keep them sharp. The light was almost directly above me. I needed to keep my angle and aim low in the sky, pointing the camera toward the horizon line of the ocean. I panned the largest bird that was flying close to me and needed to shoot him before he became directly overhead. These birds were more interested in food, then in me, giving me a great advantage of walking among them!Equipment
I am a die hard pentaxian. In 1978 when I received my first K1000 manual 35mm camera, I was in love. The lighting meter in that camera was flawless. I used that camera until in 2006, when I was reading a magazine, saw an advertisement for the newPentax K-10 digital. Pentax boasted that any lens they ever made could be use on any and all of their cameras. I bought my first digital. When shooting the birds, I had a Pentax 16-45mm lens, my K-3d. This photo was taken hand held, no flash, and Aperture Priority...my favourite setting. When outside I keep my ISO low, usually 100 or200, that keep the grainy look away. I also use continuos shooting mode.Inspiration
I was incredibly inspired to take photos of these birds, because I could literally walk among them. The fishermen were throwing the bits of guts, and fish pieces back into the ocean. The birds were so heightened and intense on that food, that they were overlooking me. What a photographer's dreams to be able to point, pan, and shoot these creatures while standing right with them. That day I came away from this shoot with some of the most jaw dropping seagull photos EVER!Editing
Very little post-processing was needed for this photo. I did do a slight auto white balance and made sure the saturations was true to the colours that I saw. Because I panned, I did need to straighten out that horizon some. All of this was a quick and easy application in my "Lightroom"program. I like easy!In my camera bag
I do own a few digital Pentax cameras and they are all large cameras. When travelling on a trip so far from my homeland (Canada), all the way to the southern parts of Mexico, I want to travel as light as I can. I only took one camera, one Pentax telescopic lens 16-45mm, one pentax fixed lens 35mm, and one macro sigma lens 300mm. I find that these three lenses cover a wide spectrum of needs for me. I did travel with a tripod, and flash, but used both on only a few occasions. I have learned that it is ones ability as a photographer that makes a good photo, great, not necessarily the lens one uses.Feedback
Remember when shooting birds, that they are such flighty animals, and have a natural fear of man. Start shooting from afar, and slowly move in closer. Do not wait for what you feel is the perfect shoot. This is a digital age and it cost next to nothing to aim and fire. Keep that shutter firing as you move toward the birds. Move slowly, take your time, and before you know it, they will be flying right over your head. Capture that shot that make you happy and proud that you walk among them too!
