american coot lasalle park

[denis]

these were taken at lasalle park yesterday.a first for me,and a chance to try out my new to me,1D MARK 11,with 500 f/4 + 1.4 tc combo.still very hard to expose a black bird with white beak.first 2 pics with mark 11,and last 2 with 40-d/300 f/4 combo hand-held.


sunbathing

the exorcist 4? move over linda blair

[Moira]

Again, very nice Denis.  Congrats on the new camera.

[steve rossi]

Nice ones Denis, nice new camera too, definately hard to expose black and white, you really need perfect lighting to do it.

[denis]

thanks for the kind words,steve and moira.

[jerjack]

ackkkkkkk again he  does  it! :wink:

[rc2009]

Nice to see you got him up on the rocks.

[Bird Brain]

Denis ... nice pix.  I especially like your 3rd photo.  4th photo sub-title is hilarious!  :lol:

Jo-Anne  

[Anonymous]

Well done Denis, great job!

[denis]

thanks everyone.
these water chickens are neat! especially the splayed toes.