Living in the join between South Norfolk and North Suffolk I don't have the opportunity to shoot waders much. (Sterile farmland and not much in the way of lakes etc. in my locality.)
On my daily drive a few weeks ago I noticed a large 'puddle' just off the road in a farmers field. Driving past this puddle I kept thinking to myself ' I should stop and check for snipe etc.' - and didn't. When I eventually did I found the puddle occupied by a Green Sandpiper! Excellent. (And it has pied and Grey Wag's for company.)
Still there four weeks later I decided to have a go at getting out of bed early and beat the bird to the spot.
Today I did just that and beat the 'piper to the puddle by ten minutes. But the weather forecast let me down.No Sun when the bird was busy feeding. When the sun did come out the bird decided to snooze in the grass.
A nice find for me in my local area though.
I would be interested to know what settings people use for wader photography?
I set my camera to servo mode and used the AF-On button to focus and shutter button for metering. Most of the time the bird was moving around so I kept the AF button down whilst shooting. Quite a few of my shots are not sharp.
Canon 40D ; Ef300 F/2.8 and Ef 2x II ; Tripod
ISO 400; 1/640 ; F/7.1
Posted by Paul Williams on December 16, 2007 at 4:24 PM
Very nice, really like these low angle shots. I could be wrong here, see what others think, but it may just need rotating anti-clockwise just very slightly.
Paul
Posted by John Chapman on December 16, 2007 at 4:44 PM
Hi, this is great beautiful lighting great Bg and pin sharp.
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 16, 2007 at 4:46 PM
Hi A.R.D,
Very good capture , relection and POV are very nice , not sure if the OOF stalk running through the centre of the bird detracts from what is a very nice image.
Regards
Andy...
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 16, 2007 at 8:25 PM
Echo Andys' comments above - the OoF stalk is the only nit I have about this otherwise really nice capture
Posted by eric weight on December 17, 2007 at 4:09 AM
Excellent point of view and well earned shot. I think if you could clone the Oof stalk from the reflection and beneath the bird, it would be unnoticeable in front of its wing. But it is being picky. Picky makes perfect I guess.
Posted by Mark Sisson on December 17, 2007 at 5:10 AM
You've worked hard for this and it shows as it's a well-earned image - real shame about the oof grass stalk but that's life. Worth re-visiting I'd suggest too.
Discussion
10 repliesLiving in the join between South Norfolk and North Suffolk I don't have the opportunity to shoot waders much. (Sterile farmland and not much in the way of lakes etc. in my locality.)
On my daily drive a few weeks ago I noticed a large 'puddle' just off the road in a farmers field. Driving past this puddle I kept thinking to myself ' I should stop and check for snipe etc.' - and didn't. When I eventually did I found the puddle occupied by a Green Sandpiper! Excellent. (And it has pied and Grey Wag's for company.)
Still there four weeks later I decided to have a go at getting out of bed early and beat the bird to the spot.
Today I did just that and beat the 'piper to the puddle by ten minutes. But the weather forecast let me down.No Sun when the bird was busy feeding. When the sun did come out the bird decided to snooze in the grass.
A nice find for me in my local area though.
I would be interested to know what settings people use for wader photography?
I set my camera to servo mode and used the AF-On button to focus and shutter button for metering. Most of the time the bird was moving around so I kept the AF button down whilst shooting. Quite a few of my shots are not sharp.
Canon 40D ; Ef300 F/2.8 and Ef 2x II ; Tripod
ISO 400; 1/640 ; F/7.1
Paul
John
Aberdeen
Very good capture , relection and POV are very nice , not sure if the OOF stalk running through the centre of the bird detracts from what is a very nice image.
Regards
Andy...
Mark
Frederic