Taken on the Solway on the last UKNP gathering accompanied by Brian Irving - good day out.
The knot where definately enrvious and the reason became clear, a young Peregrine learning the ropes. We watched this bird try and countless occasions; she finally suceeded by driving on knot into the sand.
The aperature ws set at F16 to try and keep everything in focus.
Converted to B&W as there was little colour in the first place.
600mm/Tpod
1000'/F16/400ASA
B&W conversion and 80% of FF off centered to provide more dynamic picture.
Posted by Daniel Read on March 1, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Wow, an absolutely fantastic photo Tom
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 1, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Well timed capture Tom
EDIT - Changed my mind.I like as is
Posted by szekiat chan on March 1, 2008 at 12:02 PM
reminds me of the winning shot from WPOTY a few years back except possibly much nicer here.... nicely done!
Very dramatic photo - shows the peregrine fear factor beautifully.
Tim
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 1, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Hi Tom,
Cracking, absolutely cracking!
Posted by Stuart McCrae on March 1, 2008 at 12:52 PM
lost count of the times I've sat in a hide and suddenly everything gets up,limited view means mostly never know why,this shows it perfectly imho,superb capture.
Great image so far away from the norm. B&W was a good decision too. I wasn't even sure if it was until I read the text. I love the way that the knot are sweeping up into a dense mass, it really moves your eye around the picture.
Great shot! Reminded me of that WPOTY picture, too.
Agree with a slight trim and/or clone at the bottom to remove the birds just creeping into the frame.
Posted by Elliott Neep on March 2, 2008 at 6:03 AM
WPOTY!!! This should have won... if you had entered in 2005, of course. Stunning, Tom. The B&W makes it a stark and bold image of hunter and prey. Excellent work. I just feel that the composition would be further improved by just clipping off the bottom birds to below the first row of flying birds - just so you lose the heads and half birds.
This is my first post on here though I admit to having looked and learnt for some time. Prompted to post because this is one of the best shots I have seen
If any proves that you don't need a big lens, this is it.
All has been said, what a great shot of this hunting situation. I'm quite surprised of the overall sharpness and DOF with the 600mm. Would love too see the color-version too
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26 repliesThe knot where definately enrvious and the reason became clear, a young Peregrine learning the ropes. We watched this bird try and countless occasions; she finally suceeded by driving on knot into the sand.
The aperature ws set at F16 to try and keep everything in focus.
Converted to B&W as there was little colour in the first place.
600mm/Tpod
1000'/F16/400ASA
B&W conversion and 80% of FF off centered to provide more dynamic picture.
EDIT - Changed my mind.I like as is
Tim
Cracking, absolutely cracking!
Stu.
No nits
Did you try any slower speed shots? If so, success? or the peregrine wings become too blurred?
John
Brilliant.
Ian Hardy
Nice one Tom,
Ian
Hope to see more.
Edwin Kats
Major.
As its digital I might just try to clean up the bottom a shade.... this is far better IMO than that WPOY winning image....
Superb shot one of the best I've seen for this type of image.
Didn't realise that my through the binoculars commentary was paying such dividends!
You dark-horse.........
Great image from a great day, look forward to the next.
Brian
Agree with a slight trim and/or clone at the bottom to remove the birds just creeping into the frame.
Works well in B & W!
David
If any proves that you don't need a big lens, this is it.
Matthew
Mark
T
Here is the colour version, but as I said in the starting post there was little colour in it
T