boredom shooting

[Joe Colozzo]

We have few Bald Eagles here on Long Island, one spot is from a bridge overlooking a bay with a very cool fisherman small town feel to it. I spent around three hours waiting for the Eagles to no avail. It was a Partial sunny day and different subjects would light up in the diatance. So whats a bored photog going to do? yup snag what you can! Both the Barn and row boat were tricky because of the clouds changing lighting so fast, Plus it was moving the row boat to odd angles. Sorry for the story but i felt these shots needed something to go with them. All C&C welcomed

shot at 520mm
IMG_9034 by Joseph Colozzo, on Flickr


Shot at 450mm
IMG_9052 by Joseph Colozzo, on Flickr

 

[Ben Egbert]

You have some neat light on that barn and the trees behind it. I like the water reflection with the rowboat in the 2nd. I know what you mean about waiting for eagles, even when they are around, they often visit your location once every 20 minutes or so.

 

[AlanLichty]

Excellent way to spend your time waiting. In the days of film just shooting away to kill time was far too expensive at least for me but with our current tech it seems a shame not to collect a bunch of shots anyway Besides sometimes it results in some workable takeaways like the two you show here. I like the boat shot with the nice colors and reflections. The colors in the reflections in particular worked quite well for this comp. The spotty light in the first one is kind of fun - nice that it highlights the colorful barn.

 

[JimFox]

A very nice way to spend your time Joe! While your intent was for Bald Eagles, you came away with some really great shots. I like both of these a lot.

 

[Bob Denton]

These are great.