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Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted July 23, 2011265 views11 comments

When I got the new D7000, I thought I,d try the high ISO settings which the reviews were good on..
Jean, my wife has been feeding this old sod for over a year in the garden.
She put the food out ,and ,I laid on a sheet on the lawn , (thinking I,ll try this low angle stuff ),checked the focus and messed around a bit. Before I could get sorted out,the animal as coming straight towards me and the food was about two feet in front of me. I took two shots and coughed (very loudly ) She stopped in her tracks and I reversed somewhat smartish. Am I a whimp or what ??? I,d be be no good bearwise . !!
D7000 2000 ISO Nikon 18-80 mm. F 3.5 60th second. 21;10 HRS
Neat image and a crop from landscape ! What a camera. !!!
Cheers
JohnR
PS I don,t think a badger has ever actually attacked anyone.

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11 comments

Comment posted by Kim Connolly on July 24, 2011 at 7:34 AM

John, it is absolutely gorgeous, although I wasn't sure who you were referring to as "the old sod" What a beautiful animal - and it's brilliant taken at this level even if you are a wimp. Top shop man - and the commentary is quite good too!!

Registered on June 18, 2008, 14 Posts, 226 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on July 24, 2011 at 2:51 PM

There,s a wierd cropping thing happened on the top edge. Its happened quite a few times recently in Paint Shop Pro. Funny how I missed it.The crop seem to float around and appears later to have moved.
Must get PS ??

JohnR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by David Sewell on July 24, 2011 at 3:21 PM

I see what you mean about the top of the frame, but if I got a badger shot as good as this I expect I'd miss it as well!

David

Registered on September 10, 2008, 63 Posts, 801 Comments

Comment posted by Guy Rogers on July 24, 2011 at 4:44 PM

Hello John.

I love badgers ( got no good images if them though ) and this is superb for me just love every thing about it.

One I would be most proud of.

Registered on January 16, 2007, 450 Posts, 995 Comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on July 24, 2011 at 4:59 PM

Thanks all.
Its not that hard really as this pic could almost be labelled "c"

It comes every night at about 8:45. Usually the food in the shot spoils it. (Out of date salmon mouse, bread, and peanut butter and a smidge of dog food.) Interestingly theres a large set 250 yards away and yet only one animal comes ! Its the d7000 thats made the difference.
JohnR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Ellard on July 24, 2011 at 5:04 PM

really great, good to see the Badger with his head up mid trot.

Registered on December 17, 2010, 60 Posts, 634 Comments

Comment posted by Bob Johnson on July 24, 2011 at 6:00 PM

Hi John, Terrific stuff

You know why the honey badger is one of the most feared creatures in Africa

Cos it goes straight for the wedding tackle

Maybe a cricket box for your next low angle attempt

Bob

Registered on December 8, 2010, 17 Posts, 169 Comments

Comment posted by Neil Burton on July 25, 2011 at 8:38 AM

Here I am going to South Africa but I think next year I should book a safari in your garden John

Is there anything that does not visit it?
I love everything except on the large version the NR is obvious.

Registered on September 16, 2010, 26 Posts, 461 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Phillpotts on July 25, 2011 at 1:14 PM

Excellent work John, this is when the advances in sensor technology really help us. The big image looks great even with NR. They are a fair animal to have coming straight down the barrel at you!

Registered on January 21, 2009, 16 Posts, 62 Comments

Comment posted by Phil Shaw on July 26, 2011 at 2:29 PM

Wimp

There are some jpeg artifacts affecting the foreground grasses in the small version. You may be able to avoid these by restricting the sharpening to just the subject (badger).

There is also some blue creeping into the darker tones, which is typical of high ISO images. Since there is no actual blue in this image, you can deal with this in processing by adding a hue/saturation adjustment layer (photoshop) and desaturating the blue channel (-50). I'm sure there is an equivalent adjustment you can make in your image editing software.

Registered on July 25, 2005, 26 Posts, 110 Comments

Comment posted by David Kjaer on July 27, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Great capture John - the head on image works very well.

David

Registered on January 4, 2006, 128 Posts, 4170 Comments