'Grabbing Lunch' or 'Not Enough Glass!'

Sloan's Pond - Mammoth Cave National Park, Ky. Yeh, yeh, I know, I have been up here a lot. I am still playing around with the new lens. Better to figure it out here, as there is a nice handicapped track around the pond with two 'decks' or 'mini-piers'. The heron that dines here was on the prowl. I watched him for a while, set the camera on him. He was much closer than he normally is. Anyway, I had taken my eyes off him for a while, and when I looked back, his head was coming out of the water with a fish. The camera was still ready (on a tripod), so I started firing. The 40D fires at 6 frames per second, so I had plenty to choose from. I really don't have enough glass to get to him, but with some cropping, you can at least see the fish. This was with the Canon 100-400 lens.


Not enough glass!! All that money (to me anyway), and still not enough glass!!!

Neutral Density Creek Wading

Alavton KY - Low water ford across Trammel Creek.
I bought an ND1000 neutral density filter (10 stop) (this is an expensive hobby). After a few disappointing outings shooting traffic and a fountain downtown, I decided try moving water. These are right as the sun was up a bit and still nicely orange. I think I started around 8am CST. The exposure times were from 8 to 20 seconds.