Hi one from today at rossall point when looking for the purple sand pipers.
Phillip.
D2x sigma 800 1/750@f8 -.3ev iso400
PP in NC442 & CS2.
Posted by Alan Woolnough on November 9, 2007 at 10:01 AM
Lovely shot Phillip
Great light {not too harsh}, and although a fence post is not always considered a great photogenic perch, its very appropriate for this bird, and i actually quite like it in this instance!!
sooooooooo, did you manage any purp's, or are you keeping me in suspense
Alan
Posted by Rob Howard on November 9, 2007 at 10:07 AM
Hi Phillip,
Think this one needs a bit more USM, looks a tad soft on the eye. Also I would give it a bit more saturation. Other than that, very nice image, with a very nice BG.
Regards
Rob
Posted by Jim Greenfield on November 9, 2007 at 10:22 AM
Beautiful soft light - all nice and muted to fit the season. I like it as is
Hi Alan yes I did manage to get a single purple sand nowhere near as good as your images, will definitely take you up on your offer though, if you fancy a trip out one day I will come and pick you up as I seem to remember you don't have a car.
Phillip.
Posted by Alan Woolnough on November 9, 2007 at 11:19 AM
Glad you managed to get a shot Phillip
Although early spring is best, in my neck of the woods, I'm 99% certain that you would get lucky at any time from now on.
Weekdays are ideal, as the area will be entirely ours, so we just need some decent light and suitable tides.
Will keep in touch, and can arrange a suitable meet-up {my time is very flexible, so any time will suit me}
Alan
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 9, 2007 at 12:24 PM
Lovely looking image Phillip - it looks tack sharp on my monitor
Don't mind the perch one iota myself - a bird sits on what ever it fancies, be it a fence post or a rusty bit of scrap metal, and if it's happy to sit on it then I'm happy to photograph it
Anyway it's contextual
Nice comp, nice detail - only thing I'd try to do Phillip is try and change the color balance of the BG - only the background mind, a little less on the red side would make the bird pop a bit more
Posted by Danny Green on November 9, 2007 at 6:07 PM
Great shot Phil but then I expected it anyway.
Danny
Posted by Paul Thomas on November 10, 2007 at 4:22 AM
Discussion
14 repliesPhillip.
D2x sigma 800 1/750@f8 -.3ev iso400
PP in NC442 & CS2.
Great light {not too harsh}, and although a fence post is not always considered a great photogenic perch, its very appropriate for this bird, and i actually quite like it in this instance!!
sooooooooo, did you manage any purp's, or are you keeping me in suspense
Alan
Think this one needs a bit more USM, looks a tad soft on the eye. Also I would give it a bit more saturation. Other than that, very nice image, with a very nice BG.
Regards
Rob
Andy
Frederic
Phillip.
Although early spring is best, in my neck of the woods, I'm 99% certain that you would get lucky at any time from now on.
Weekdays are ideal, as the area will be entirely ours, so we just need some decent light and suitable tides.
Will keep in touch, and can arrange a suitable meet-up {my time is very flexible, so any time will suit me}
Alan
Don't mind the perch one iota myself - a bird sits on what ever it fancies, be it a fence post or a rusty bit of scrap metal, and if it's happy to sit on it then I'm happy to photograph it
Anyway it's contextual
Nice comp, nice detail - only thing I'd try to do Phillip is try and change the color balance of the BG - only the background mind, a little less on the red side would make the bird pop a bit more
Danny
Paul
Mark
Very nice image , no nits from me
Regards
Andy...