Bittern

Discussion

10 replies

Posted by Andy Shepherd on January 20, 2008 at 1:22 PM

Hi to all,

Bittern , photographed yesterday morning , managed to grab this shot just before some chap in the hide slammed the door causing the bird to fly off , 2 hours of waiting from before sun up for very little time with the bird , some people just don't realise how skittish Bittern's actually are , the slightest sound and there gone , maybe next time eh

A bit big in the frame I know , should have taken the 300mm aswell

Levels , Usm(100,0.5,0 x1) , S/h in CS2 , converted in DPP , Full frame.

Canon 40D , 500F4IS , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/125th @ F4 iso400 RAW

All comments welcome

Regards

Andy...

Posted by Paul Inglis on January 20, 2008 at 1:30 PM

Very nice. Like the composition.

I'd love a shot of one of these.

I think any shot of these birds is a credit to the photographer.

Posted by Dave Courtenay on January 20, 2008 at 2:40 PM

Might add a bit more contrast in levels to make it pop more but a good image as is

Dave

Posted by Alan Bryant on January 20, 2008 at 2:43 PM

Great shot

Posted by Andy Astbury on January 20, 2008 at 4:12 PM

Dave's suggestion would just be the icing on the cake Andy - nice shot

Posted by Sam Mannaerts on January 20, 2008 at 4:32 PM

Pfff wish I had made it

grtz,
Sam

Posted by Jim Greenfield on January 21, 2008 at 7:28 AM

Nice shot but I would watch the palest stripe up its neck if you increase contrast - maybe do it in curves where you have more control so you don't blow it

Posted by Paul Ashton on January 21, 2008 at 12:02 PM

An excellent shot Andrew. Extraordinary patterns in the plumage. An amazing bird and the eye is unbelievable.

Posted by Andy Shepherd on January 21, 2008 at 12:20 PM

Thanks for the comments , I'll give the suggestions a go and see how it turns out , once again cheers.

Regards

Andy...

Posted by eric weight on January 21, 2008 at 12:38 PM

That's a great shot. I'd be interested to see the repost as it looks a bit bright to me, maybe just knock the levels back a bit?

Eric

Posted by Tom_W on January 22, 2008 at 5:21 AM

Andy,

Nice shot and I agree with Eric about the brightness.. It's a pity about how inconsiderate some people can be.