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mdoc
09-17-2007, 06:37
http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s239/jmord/1.jpg

BAM
09-17-2007, 06:50
NICE>.. how far away was you?

mdoc
09-17-2007, 06:56
Probably 20' or so.

BAM
09-17-2007, 07:07
Wow, that's awesome.....your cam does good too.......What kind do you have again? And Im guessing you didn't have your nephew with you this time huh......lol........My kids scare em off everytime......

mdoc
09-17-2007, 07:43
This pic was taken with my Nikon Coolpic 5700, I also have a Minolta A200 with a 1.5 Teleconverter. Keep saving my $ for the a Nikon on Canon upgrade. No kids around this time. Herons are hard to get close to, this one was actually by a little parking area by the lake.

mdoc
09-17-2007, 07:48
Here's one from the Minolta...

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s239/jmord/c.jpg

BAM
09-17-2007, 08:25
Awesome...........I am so bad with saving though.....I want a canon too....well see....with the gas prices and electric it is hard to save anymore...and our darn water...100 a month? crazy!
Oops back to the subject sorry had to vent! lol

lifestudent55
09-17-2007, 08:27
It's nice the heron posed for you long enough to get pics with both cameras. Those are some nice pics.

mdoc
09-17-2007, 08:49
I have the Nikon mounted on a short tripod that I can keep in the seat next to me. I also bought a window mount camera mount that I keep my Minolta on. Makes it nice if you are shooting long shot like for deer.

BAM
09-17-2007, 08:52
I need one of those window mount things.......where do you ge those at ? and how much are they?

mdoc
09-17-2007, 08:55
Got mine at Cabela's

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/links/link.jsp?id=0006873710123a&type=product&cmCat=search&returnPage=search-results1.jsp&No=40&Ntt=tripod&noImage=0&Ntk=Products&QueryText=tripod&Ntx=matchall&N=4887&Nty=1

gretchensteele
09-17-2007, 09:02
Great heron shots...the big blues at our city lake have pretty much gotten used to me finally...and I just slowly glide up to them in my little washtub boat LOL...Course when the take off over my head it's like 747 going over...
Bam - if you run a google search for the window mount tripod....you'll get a gazillion returns..probaly Porter's
www.porters.com
or Adorama
www.adorama.com
carries them too if you are shopping around...most of the time I rest mine on my jacket or that rug that was in the car...