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Tufted Duck

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Posted by Andy Bate on January 9, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Tufted Duck
Went out to Formby today but tree felling and high winds had closed my fav spot so gave up and went to look for something else, the high winds were battering these Tufties as the waves crashed into them

Nikon D2xs
Sigma 500mm
Beanbag
Lying on Ground
1/1000th @ F.56
RAW
USM 100, .5, 0 x 3

Thanks for looking
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 9, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Cool image Andy :toast:

Could perhaps do with a touch more of USM - what iso were you using?
Posted by Andy Bate on January 9, 2008 at 9:13 AM
ISO 250, im sure there is something wrong with my D2xs seems very noisey!!!
Posted by Frederic Desmette on January 9, 2008 at 10:10 AM
Nice picture the water make the picture come alive. Well done
Frederic
Posted by John Chapman on January 9, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Hi Andy I like this, plenty of action on the water. :toast:
John
Abereen
Posted by Paul Thomas on January 9, 2008 at 11:11 AM
Nice shot. The water droplets give a real impression of the wave breaking over his back.

:toast:

Paul
Posted by Paul Gibbs on January 9, 2008 at 11:12 AM
Hmm my D2X is fine to ISO400 ish, and useable to 800, what raw developer did you use?
I like the image, but i think it could be a little wider?
Posted by Andy Bate on January 9, 2008 at 11:49 AM
i use CS3s RAW convertor, any tips??? i do have lightroom as well
Posted by Laurie Braman on January 9, 2008 at 12:51 PM
I like the water/action!

Laurie :smile:
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 9, 2008 at 1:06 PM
In other words Camera Raw???

Why on earth aren't you using Nikons own?

ViewNX it's called and it's a free download from Nikon - you'd be as well downloading Nikon Transfer too, which is free aswell.
Posted by eric weight on January 9, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Excellent shot Andy, I like the green sheen on the head and the wave action really lifts this picture
. :toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Steve Makin on January 9, 2008 at 4:14 PM
I think thats a great shot Andy, I wish I could get something like that, full of life :smile:
Posted by Jim Greenfield on January 10, 2008 at 5:32 AM
Nice action and love the water. Seems to need some selective USM round the eye
Posted by Paul Gibbs on January 10, 2008 at 5:55 AM
Andy B, i'm not a huge fan of ACR, i tend to find it makes images look more gritty than they should be. May i recommend you try the trial version of Capture one 4 or maybe Capture NX?

Posted by Mark Sisson on January 10, 2008 at 6:02 AM
Cracking action shot - only nits covered in the comments above.

Mark
Posted by Elliott Neep on January 10, 2008 at 6:11 AM
Sharpness doesn't bother me with this as the action is the most important factor. Great timing and really nice to see a tufty struggling (in a good way) in choppy water. All to easy to capture images of the pond ducks on mirror calm water! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on January 10, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Great capture of a common subject

Dave :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on January 11, 2008 at 5:10 AM
Cracking shot - love it!

David :toast: