long time no post, sorry to not have made it to the conference back in january, hope to be at the next one, was looking forward to meeting you all, but an offer of three weeks work in the galapagos was slightly more pressing at the last minute.
anyway, underwater work there was restricted to video only, so gave me chance to concentrate on land creatures for photography. here's a lucky opportunity with some flamingoes that wandered round the corner when i was shooting the further off ones with a 300 mml, and i quietly changed over to the 30 mm to get these wide angle silhouettes. lucky to get them that close. would be interested to hear your thoughts.
looking forward to being in the uk for most of the next year and maybe i'll get along to some gatherings.
Nice atmospheric shot, perhaps a shame the flamingoes aren't facing into the frame, but not a lot you can do about that.... wonder if pushing up the saturation would bring out more orange tone in the sky and water, or perhaps just warm it up some....
Posted by David Kjaer on February 9, 2007 at 7:11 AM
Cracking atmospheric silhouette - maybe a bit more colour in the sky would help but I also like it as it is!
David
Posted by Niall Riddell on February 9, 2007 at 9:49 AM
Wow - this is fantastic Mark!
You dont see many wild shots of flamingos taken with such a wide angle lens. They must have been particularly confident individuals. Were you working from a hide?
I have the Galapagos on my list for sites to visit to photograph flamingos so this cements it for me - great shot - well done!
Niall
Posted by Rob Howard on February 9, 2007 at 10:39 AM
Hi Mark,
Good to see you back
Very nice indeed with alot of atmosphere and a great subject matter.
Regards
Rob
Posted by Graham Bailey on February 10, 2007 at 2:02 PM
Hi Mark, I like this a lot. I think its the relaxed pose of the flamingos complementing the tranquil scene that really makes this
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5 replieshi all,
long time no post, sorry to not have made it to the conference back in january, hope to be at the next one, was looking forward to meeting you all, but an offer of three weeks work in the galapagos was slightly more pressing at the last minute.
anyway, underwater work there was restricted to video only, so gave me chance to concentrate on land creatures for photography. here's a lucky opportunity with some flamingoes that wandered round the corner when i was shooting the further off ones with a 300 mml, and i quietly changed over to the 30 mm to get these wide angle silhouettes. lucky to get them that close. would be interested to hear your thoughts.
looking forward to being in the uk for most of the next year and maybe i'll get along to some gatherings.
best regards,
mark.
David
You dont see many wild shots of flamingos taken with such a wide angle lens. They must have been particularly confident individuals. Were you working from a hide?
I have the Galapagos on my list for sites to visit to photograph flamingos so this cements it for me - great shot - well done!
Niall
Good to see you back
Very nice indeed with alot of atmosphere and a great subject matter.
Regards
Rob