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Posted by Paul Hillion on December 31, 2007 at 8:45 PM
40D, 500f4, 1.4x, 580ex flash/better beamer, iso 400, 1/320, f5.6 in manual mode. Tripod. Raw, levels, slight crop to lhs and bottom, usm.
My last image from 2007, this lovely looking bird was spotted yesterday and so I popped down to try and get a shot of it. It was a very dull overcast afternoon with very little light to play with. I put my waterproofs on and sat down on the edge of the pond to get as low as poss. This I'm told is the first record of a Scaup on Guernsey since 1996 so it was a nice end to the year for a lot of bird watchers (and photographers).
Thanks and best wishes to all for the coming year.
Paul H
Posted by Rob Howard on December 31, 2007 at 10:07 PM
Hi Paul,
Nice to have an excellent shot of this scarce visitor. Nicely exposed and composed.
All the best for 08
Regards
Rob
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 1, 2008 at 1:56 AM
Cracking shot Paul - exposure.comp and PoV spot on
Just need a teenyweeny bit of work on the eye where the flash has blown the pupil - ten seconds with a small brush and it'll be done.
Nice one mate
Happy New Year
Posted by Andy Shepherd on January 1, 2008 at 4:47 AM
Hi Paul,
Lovely shot , like everything about this , Andy A's covered the only nit
Regards
Andy...
Posted by Paul Williams on January 1, 2008 at 5:11 AM
Good shot, nice low angle and detail
Posted by eric weight on January 1, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Colours are spot on - I really like this.
Posted by Paul Hillion on January 1, 2008 at 5:45 PM
Thanks all, I've amended the version on my site.
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 1, 2008 at 8:11 PM
Discussion
10 repliesMy last image from 2007, this lovely looking bird was spotted yesterday and so I popped down to try and get a shot of it. It was a very dull overcast afternoon with very little light to play with. I put my waterproofs on and sat down on the edge of the pond to get as low as poss. This I'm told is the first record of a Scaup on Guernsey since 1996 so it was a nice end to the year for a lot of bird watchers (and photographers).
Thanks and best wishes to all for the coming year.
Paul H
Nice to have an excellent shot of this scarce visitor. Nicely exposed and composed.
All the best for 08
Regards
Rob
Just need a teenyweeny bit of work on the eye where the flash has blown the pupil - ten seconds with a small brush and it'll be done.
Nice one mate
Happy New Year
Lovely shot , like everything about this , Andy A's covered the only nit
Regards
Andy...
Mark