On a lighter note, this was one from a really nice sequence where the parent spent about 10mins feeding one of three chicks. This is just what I had travelled to see, so I was really stoked to see it all play out in front of me.
1DSmkII, 300mm F2.8 with 2xTC
Tripod flat out
ISO 400, AV, F6.3, 1/500th, -1 stop compensation to prevent burning out of the white breast.
Focussed and tracked on juvenile's bill to ensure both birds were in focus
Converted in Lightroom
Made a bad job of cloning out a couple of bright dead twigs in background
Great behaviour - white looks burnt out but my laptop isn't very good with whites and I know how difficult it is to stop this in Dippers!
Typically, I've ruptured my thumb ligaments playing football so can't get down to my nest sites to do any photography - I'd been waiting for weeks for exactly this kind of shot
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9 repliesOn a lighter note, this was one from a really nice sequence where the parent spent about 10mins feeding one of three chicks. This is just what I had travelled to see, so I was really stoked to see it all play out in front of me.
1DSmkII, 300mm F2.8 with 2xTC
Tripod flat out
ISO 400, AV, F6.3, 1/500th, -1 stop compensation to prevent burning out of the white breast.
Focussed and tracked on juvenile's bill to ensure both birds were in focus
Converted in Lightroom
Made a bad job of cloning out a couple of bright dead twigs in background
Great behaviour - white looks burnt out but my laptop isn't very good with whites and I know how difficult it is to stop this in Dippers!
Typically, I've ruptured my thumb ligaments playing football so can't get down to my nest sites to do any photography - I'd been waiting for weeks for exactly this kind of shot
Nice one
Mark
John
Aberdeen
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Paul
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Andy