tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post3525884266905332317..comments2024-03-26T05:19:07.085-04:00Comments on Roy's World: All the little birdies go "tweet, tweet, tweet..."Royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-73015250814477076452009-03-16T10:10:00.000-04:002009-03-16T10:10:00.000-04:00The sparrows are wonderful. Great close-up perspe...The sparrows are wonderful. Great close-up perspective on these little charmers... <BR/><BR/>...and yes that azure blue tempts one - but it's a cool, cool, blue - and the wintry landscape beyond belies a warm welcome there.Patricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722805078667526468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-33573989714275999772009-03-15T21:07:00.000-04:002009-03-15T21:07:00.000-04:00Wow, I know zero about photography. I love your p...Wow, I know zero about photography. I love your pictures and you think of all the details. Just like in music, when all the details are in place, people may not know why they liked the performance better, but they know they did! Thanks for the detailed work!Chris Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383490294861071725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-21832059171561845292009-03-15T20:25:00.000-04:002009-03-15T20:25:00.000-04:00Thanks everybody. Hey Vicky!Chris, the backgrounds...Thanks everybody. Hey Vicky!<BR/><BR/>Chris, the backgrounds aren't edited. Mostly I position myself so that there's not too much in the background. Depth of Field also helps dissolve potentially obnoxious backgrounds into that nice, blurry bokeh we all try to achieve (<I>bokeh</I> is the technical term for the blurred background). Sometimes it's a result of using zoom/telephoto, sometimes it's the aperture setting (f-stop), and sometimes it's the use of manual focus. Heh, heh! DOF is an art learned by trial and error.<BR/><BR/>Which leads to the final reason the backgrounds work so well - you take lots and lots of shots of the same subject and only publish the best take. For every shot I publish, I've probably taken 10 or more shots of the same thing. That's the beauty of digital photography - I'm no longer limited by the size and cost of a roll of film. So I just shoot until I get a good one. Ain't digital great?Royhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648670975466222140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-55911840003238624512009-03-15T18:14:00.000-04:002009-03-15T18:14:00.000-04:00You always take the best photos! I always enjoy c...You always take the best photos! I always enjoy coming here, even when I don't comment.Vicky Dugginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01429973143778046055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-66627887729755142672009-03-15T16:15:00.000-04:002009-03-15T16:15:00.000-04:00Amazing how such a sweet clear sound can come out ...Amazing how such a sweet clear sound can come out of something so small and unassuming.<BR/><BR/>I love your pictures of the sparrows- the first singing its little socks off and the second with such cute white blazes!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-14222895223932955522009-03-15T09:04:00.000-04:002009-03-15T09:04:00.000-04:00Great shots, all of them.around here, I see people...Great shots, all of them.<BR/><BR/>around here, I see people walking their kids in strollers or dogs on leashes talking into CELL PHONES! I guess it's impossible to move along with only your own thoughts for company.tut-tuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15713003038275525797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22689800.post-38738929128407780672009-03-14T23:03:00.000-04:002009-03-14T23:03:00.000-04:00Brrrrr, a native Minnesotan knows that the water i...Brrrrr, a native Minnesotan knows that the water is COLD, not tropical. Awesome water shot, and how do you get the background for the birds so clean and clear? Is that a photo editing process? The left bird today for instance has such a solid backdrop?Chris Wolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13383490294861071725noreply@blogger.com