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Call of the wild? or IT CAME FROM ANOTHER PLANET!

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15 replies
Posted by Paul Gibbs on January 9, 2008 at 3:33 PM
D2X and Sigma 500mm f4.5 @ f4.5 ISO400 -1.3EV

I'll leave it to you to decide... :wink:
Posted by Sam Mannaerts on January 9, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Superb lighting and action captured in an amazing image...
Will that do for you? :wink: :biggrin:

Sam :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 9, 2008 at 8:02 PM
Works for me Paul :toast:
Posted by Ian Andrews on January 10, 2008 at 2:58 AM
Ditto, a cracker! :toast:

Ian :smile:
Posted by Daniel Read on January 10, 2008 at 3:43 AM
Fantastic shot Paul. Nothing wrong with this at all.

Dan.
Posted by Mike Smith on January 10, 2008 at 4:50 AM
Now this is in a different league - well seen and beautifully exposed with the rim lighting to the sleeping seals.

:toast:

one very minor nit - it seems fairly noisy for ISO 400, the orange sky isn't as clean as I would have expected (or is it just the effects of a big crop?) so may benefit from a dose of noiseware of some sort.
Posted by Jim Greenfield on January 10, 2008 at 5:23 AM
Very unusual and highly effective
Posted by Paul Thomas on January 10, 2008 at 5:38 AM
Works for me.

:toast:

Paul
Posted by Paul Gibbs on January 10, 2008 at 5:49 AM
Glad people like it, i wasnt sure if it would appeal.

Mike, i think its probably due to the fact it's well under exposed. I didnt want to run noise reduction one it as i liked the grittyness, its a 6mp crop from the 12mp original, resized.

Whenever i look at it it makes me think of the sci-fi Dune :)
Posted by John Chapman on January 10, 2008 at 5:54 AM
Great shot Paul :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Elliott Neep on January 10, 2008 at 5:57 AM
Brilliant. Light, atmosphere, timing... :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Sisson on January 10, 2008 at 6:11 AM
Super shot - you had a good day at the Nook it would seem.

:toast: :toast:

Mark
Posted by Tom_W on January 10, 2008 at 6:38 AM
Different image from the nook... really like it.

T
Posted by Dave Courtenay on January 10, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Cool :cool:
Posted by PhilH on January 10, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Very nice... different which in my book is always a good thing....

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on January 11, 2008 at 5:07 AM
Hi Paul

Different - I like it!

David :toast: