A reflective moment + repost

Gallery: AvianPosted September 2, 2011127 views11 comments

Recently went back to this location to revisit these little guys who are great and in this particular location it almost acts like a mirror pool offering some good reflections.

Steve

Subject: Turnstone on the edge of water with reflection, early morning (Arenaria interpres)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500f/4 plus 1.4x - Gitzo tripod/Wimberley head
Exposure: 1/160s at f5.6 ISO400 0 stop compensation
Crop: Almost FF, slight crop (original capture vertical)

PS: Levels, Curves,Own colour mix, slight USM, no blurring all done in camera

Comments

11 comments

Comment posted by Hans Overduin on September 2, 2011 at 7:24 AM

Hello Steve ! I really like the colors in this image, they match well with the birds'. Of course the reflection is brilliant as well ! In short: great shot ! Cheers, Hans

Registered on August 31, 2011, 491 Posts, 3807 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on September 2, 2011 at 9:26 AM

beautiful shot, Stephen--love the reflection and beautiful setting. nice light, and detail and exposure look good. drawing a line from the tip of the bill or wing to its reflected counterpart will show that this could use some CCW rotation, a easy fix on a beauty of a shot.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by May Haga on September 2, 2011 at 11:03 AM

Outstanding capture Stephen. Love the reflection and the setting.
May

Registered on February 22, 2007, 714 Posts, 8470 Comments

Comment posted by David Haynes on September 2, 2011 at 11:13 AM

Steve,
Very, very nice image. You have beautiful, soft light in this shot with a perfect side profile angle and a reflection against a dark background that is just killer. The colors are really poping here. Fantastic that you captured this nearly full frame. I love the oof background up top. What a great image Steve.

Registered on February 20, 2010, 110 Posts, 1511 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 2, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Beautiful bird and a great environment.
IMO, needs more room on top and less on the bottom to balance it, and also some CCW rotation.
Very nice image!
Sandy

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Darren Colello on September 2, 2011 at 12:34 PM

Wow Steve, this is indeed superb. I love the lighting, the lovely tones and the reflection. Spectacular!!!

Registered on July 27, 2009, 175 Posts, 1100 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on September 2, 2011 at 4:22 PM

Brian hit this one right on the head. Give this some CCW rotation to straighten it out and you have a real winner here. Wonder colors, light, and reflection. Well done.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 2, 2011 at 7:00 PM

Beautiful sharp view of this bird. Lovely habitat and nice reflection. Needs some CCW rotation. And a trim at the bottom.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on September 3, 2011 at 1:29 AM

I love the reflection in the water! You have great detail in his feathers. I really like your low angle here, it looks great! The background colours are really nice!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments

Comment posted by Kim Connolly on September 3, 2011 at 6:22 AM

This is superb Steve, wonderful colours, and the light is lovely. I love the pose and the setting, and incidentally, I prefer this version to the repost.

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

Comment posted by Stephen Kaluski on September 3, 2011 at 6:24 AM

Here's a repost, thanks.

Steve

Registered on March 25, 2007, 189 Posts, 1064 Comments