Lake Cherokee Trip

[DasMechaniKer]

Just had a great Father's Day with my Dad, Ryan, April, and Tobie at Lake Cherokee. Took my 7D along and Ryan was nice enough to drive me around a while so I could practice my flight shots with the birds that nest at the lake. I'll tell you it's a biotch chasing a bird with a lens.




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[DasMechaniKer]

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[DasMechaniKer]

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[DasMechaniKer]

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[DasMechaniKer]

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[DasMechaniKer]

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[cakM3]

Kyle.... amazing pics!!!
:chuck

[Johnmadd]

Kyle.... amazing pics!!!
:chuck

+1

[Oli77]

Kyle, your shots are really impressive, one after the other the pics are tremendous!

Leave it to this wonderfully crafted car site to blend pictures of nature, birds, food and occasionally, cars.

Flawless and very pleasant.

Enjoyed!

[DasMechaniKer]

Thanks guys!! Glad you enjoyed them. It was fun for me to take them, although quite difficult from the roof of the pontoon boat.

[cakM3]

Kyle, seeing pictures like this only points out just how much I still have to learn. First thing I plan to do once I finish this class and graduate from College this September is to delve completely into photography and really learn how to use my Nikon...:thumbsup Tony showed me some tricks this past weekend at German Car Day at Larz Anderson but I know it will take lots more practice and reading to really understand what's going on. I have too many distractions going on at the moment to really concentrate on my photography skillz...:)


Until then....keep them comming! :thumbsup

[billyjack]

Those are damn fine photographs, thank you for sharing! Love the one with the great blue herons.

[danewilson77]

Kyle, your shots are really impressive, one after the other the pics are tremendous!

Leave it to this wonderfully crafted car site to blend pictures of nature, birds, food and occasionally, cars.

Flawless and very pleasant.

Enjoyed!

+1 Kyle

Oli... You forgot beer. Oh... That's food.

HTC DNA ON TT4 BETA, WILLIAMSBURG, VA

[BCS_ZHP]

Kyle, AMAZING PIX!

DW -- Beer is mother's milk, a necessity that we would perish without...

[johnrando]

Just awesome. dats a lot of boyds!

[Ryans323i]

They look great babe. Loved cruising you around the island, and I'm still surprised you got any shots swaying, back and forth, 14 feet in the air.

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[ryankokesh]

:thumbup

[Mtnman]

excellent kyle. Keep em coming.

[danewilson77]

Nice pics Kyle.

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[DasMechaniKer]

Thanks for the positive reinforcement guys! I thought I'd have more shots in good focus but the swaying boat messed me up pretty bad. I have to shut off one of my Image Stabilizer axises so I can pan sideways. This is all fine and dandy BUT with the boat swaying around and me panning sideways or whatever diagonal direction some of the photos came out a little soft.

The light that day was ok, but we had to get back to camp so we could go night fishing so the best light for photography, "The Golden Hour", was missed. I would have done much better a little later in the evening.

[static667]

Good stuff, man. If you ever come out this way, I could direct you to some good spots for birds.

[Ryans323i]

The light that day was ok, but we had to get back to camp so we could go night fishing so the best light for photography, "The Golden Hour", was missed. I would have done much better a little later in the evening.

"Night fishing" ;)

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[3ZHP]

Another outstanding group, great job Kyle.

[DasMechaniKer]

Another outstanding group, great job Kyle.

Thanks Guy! I'm up in NJ right now visiting family. Going to try to hit NYC to go to the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge for some more bird shots. We'll see though.