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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskeyman" data-source="post: 260553" data-attributes="member: 13556">February 5, Day 36, Shot 36Took the camera in to work again today.&nbsp; I can learn some things.&nbsp; On my way home, tonight, I stopped at a roadside egret roosting area.&nbsp; As long as I've lived here, the egrets have roosted overnight in this lake, and likely will do so as long as there are roosts for them.Anyway, I got to the spot, and set up my D90 and 70-200 Nikkor for the setting. This was about 30 minutes before sundown.&nbsp; Well, I waited, and waited, and waited some more.&nbsp; No birds, and the sun is down at this point.&nbsp; I've gone from great light, to ok/so-so light.&nbsp; My ISO has gone from 200 to 400 to 640 while metering on some green foliage.&nbsp; Finally, at about 2 minutes after official sunset, the first few birds show up and fly to the opposite end of the lake.&nbsp; Then,... nothing.&nbsp;&nbsp; At about 10 minutes after sundown, more of the birds start dropping in, going to roost in the very middle of the lake, now obviously aware of my presence.&nbsp; They preen, they fidget, they fly from one perch to another.&nbsp; But not closer to me.&nbsp; Then, at about 13 minutes after sundown, some move toward me, but never really close enough to suit me.&nbsp; And the light is so far gone... but all the while I'm trying, and beating myself up for leaving the tripod in the car...&nbsp; And leaving lots of room for improvement!!&nbsp; And giving me another reason for Jonesing for a 300 or 400 f2.8.[ATTACH]71171[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]71172[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]71173[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]71174[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whiskeyman, post: 260553, member: 13556"] February 5, Day 36, Shot 36 Took the camera in to work again today. I can learn some things. On my way home, tonight, I stopped at a roadside egret roosting area. As long as I've lived here, the egrets have roosted overnight in this lake, and likely will do so as long as there are roosts for them. Anyway, I got to the spot, and set up my D90 and 70-200 Nikkor for the setting. This was about 30 minutes before sundown. Well, I waited, and waited, and waited some more. No birds, and the sun is down at this point. I've gone from great light, to ok/so-so light. My ISO has gone from 200 to 400 to 640 while metering on some green foliage. Finally, at about 2 minutes after official sunset, the first few birds show up and fly to the opposite end of the lake. Then,... nothing. At about 10 minutes after sundown, more of the birds start dropping in, going to roost in the very middle of the lake, now obviously aware of my presence. They preen, they fidget, they fly from one perch to another. But not closer to me. Then, at about 13 minutes after sundown, some move toward me, but never really close enough to suit me. And the light is so far gone... but all the while I'm trying, and beating myself up for leaving the tripod in the car... And leaving lots of room for improvement!! And giving me another reason for Jonesing for a 300 or 400 f2.8. [ATTACH=CONFIG]71171._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]71172._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]71173._xfImport[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]71174._xfImport[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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