Landing

From My Photo Blog

Haha.. I just realised that there is a headless bird in this picture. Maybe I could photoshop it in if I really want to.

I picked this picture because I liked the poses of the birds, but also what I had to do to get this look. The original picture was really a boring line of birds along the shore, but I spotted this one right in the midst of landing in a far corner. Zooming in, I found this composition that looked nice and cropped it - but it was still boring. I then added a brownish graduated tint using Picasa and this made it look much better - like a sunset with simulated DOF. For true birdshots, I need more camouflage behind trees or a longer zoom lens..

ISO: 400Exposure: 1/1000 secAperture: f/11.0Focal Length: 250mm