Posted by Graeme Lee on February 21, 2007 at 4:18 AM
Had a good hour with these amongst the shingle opposite Salthouse, Norfolk last weekend. Thanks to Mike Smith and Danny Green for their useful replies to my last location request posting last week.
Of all the shots I got, none of them included their feet They seem to tread between the pebbles and not stand on them very often! Maybe it would have been better to shoot down on the birds slghtly to include the feet?
Comments appreciated
Graeme
techs:
1d2, 500/4is, 1/500th, f10, iso 200, -0.67, beanbag on floor, full frame and usual PS workflow
Posted by David Kjaer on February 21, 2007 at 4:56 AM
Hi Graeme
Very nice - like the low angle and soft light!
David
Posted by Mike Smith on February 21, 2007 at 5:19 AM
Very nice, one of my target species this year despite knowing where they are!.
The Norfolk coast snow buntings occasionaly have one or two lapland buntings intermingled with them, although not many have been reported in the UK this year, so always carefully check the female snow buntings in any flock for something that doesn't look quite right - the winter lapland bunting is very similar to the female snow bunting.
Posted by Richard Tynan on February 21, 2007 at 6:14 AM
I like the narrow band of focus achieved in the shingle. That and the low shooting angle has given it a nice intimate feel.
Don't talk to me about feet
I feel as long as the viewer can sense where the feet are, the lack of them is not really a problem. In any case, we can see a large part of the closest foot so it looks completely fine to me.
I don't think a higher shooting angle would have resulted in anywhere near as nice an image as this one.
Very nice indeed!
Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 21, 2007 at 7:19 AM
Cracker
Posted by Tim Munsey on February 21, 2007 at 8:19 AM
A beautiful study of a snow bunting, very neat.
Tim
Posted by Rob Howard on February 21, 2007 at 8:54 AM
Hi Graeme,
It's all been said.
Nice work
Regards
Rob
Posted by Mark Sisson on February 22, 2007 at 4:23 AM
Nice pic Graham and all comments have been made already - I shall be at Salthouse next week so hopefully there will still be some of these left!!
Mark
Posted by Kevin Lewis on February 22, 2007 at 7:13 AM
Beautiful image with good composition and colour. Interesting to see this after seeing some shots taken on a birder website. There is zero comparison in terms of the quality that you've produced here but on the birder site the images were well received. The difference between birders and photographers I suppose. They carry large scopes and small cameras, we carry large cameras/lens and a pair of pocket binos lol
Posted by Sean Bolton on February 22, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Hi Graeme
I like this shot, good colour and detail and I like low angles on birds. I think you could get away with shooting a fraction higher, but it looks fine to me as it is. Nice one.
Discussion
12 repliesOf all the shots I got, none of them included their feet
Comments appreciated
Graeme
techs:
1d2, 500/4is, 1/500th, f10, iso 200, -0.67, beanbag on floor, full frame and usual PS workflow
Very nice - like the low angle and soft light!
David
The Norfolk coast snow buntings occasionaly have one or two lapland buntings intermingled with them, although not many have been reported in the UK this year, so always carefully check the female snow buntings in any flock for something that doesn't look quite right - the winter lapland bunting is very similar to the female snow bunting.
Mike
Don't talk to me about feet
I feel as long as the viewer can sense where the feet are, the lack of them is not really a problem. In any case, we can see a large part of the closest foot so it looks completely fine to me.
I don't think a higher shooting angle would have resulted in anywhere near as nice an image as this one.
Very nice indeed!
Tim
It's all been said.
Nice work
Regards
Rob
Mark
I like this shot, good colour and detail and I like low angles on birds. I think you could get away with shooting a fraction higher, but it looks fine to me as it is. Nice one.
cheers
Sean
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