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Great Crested Grebe

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Posted by Andy Bate on March 2, 2007 at 12:15 PM
Great Crested Grebe
Hello! popped out yesterday to give the better beamer a try out, let me know what you think of the result.

Nikon D200
Sigma 500mm F4.5
125th @ F5.6
ISO 400
SB28DX with BB

Cheers
Posted by Chris Lloyd on March 2, 2007 at 1:40 PM
Hi Andy,

It appears a little soft to me, perhaps thats just my monitor though. It would have been nice to have a slight head turn towards you but I guess thats a personal thing. Nice shot as is though!

Regards Chris.
www.c-m-l.com
Posted by Richard Tynan on March 2, 2007 at 8:21 PM
It looks like it needs a bit more sharpening to me too.

The dark water does make the grebe stand out well, and the grebe is nicely lit.

Nice one!!
Posted by Graeme Lee on March 3, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Agree with Chris. These are very hard to expose properly IMO. Those whites are really hard to keep down and you seem to have done a good job. Nicely composed. You don't state whether HH or tripod?

Graeme