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Knot Flocking

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Posted by Tom_W on September 8, 2006 at 3:34 AM
Knot Flocking
I have said to some that if I ever write a book on Nature Photography I am going to entitle it "Being There"...

Taken last night looking just to the left into the setting sun. (It was a nice night Dave_K :razz: )

Slight crop to ensure that there was no blank sky.

Tpod/500mm
F6.4/8000'/320ASA
USM(150,0.2,1)*2, Levels and a bit of S&H to open up the shadows and drop the colour of the sky slightly.

PS its compressed down to Jpeg 5 to get a size that is acceptable to post so some loss of quality is inevitable :frown:
Posted by Philip Kirkham on September 8, 2006 at 3:58 AM
I like this, Tom. The BG colour is superb and the movement of the flock is conveyed really well.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on September 8, 2006 at 5:32 AM
Hi Tom
a very interesting sunset picture.
John
Aberdeen :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on September 8, 2006 at 5:42 AM
Have you tried counting them :wink: must be an amazing site-shame we cant hear them
Posted by Elliott Neep on September 8, 2006 at 9:22 AM
Wow! Excellent, Tom. Makes your eyes go weird just looking at it. Just trying to image the noise. This en masse style is really something that I want to achieve over this autumn and winter. Congrats! :toast:
Posted by John MacTavish on September 8, 2006 at 10:51 AM
Did you take any with a slow shutter speed?

Looks good as is, but I should imagine using a slow ss would give a very surreal image.

John
Posted by Tom_W on September 8, 2006 at 1:51 PM
Slow shutter - ofcourse ...

Knot coming into roost...(on the LHS)

A bit to arty for me but definately gives a sense of slowing movement if nothing else :wink:

0.8sec/400asa/F4 on a 500mm mounted on a bean bag