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First Water vole with the Canon 1D mk111

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 1, 2008 at 3:11 PM
First Water vole with the Canon 1D mk111
Hi to all,

Headed out Mansfield way this morning and bumped into this little chap , this super little creature gave me a good opportunity to test out the mk111 for the first time and I have to say I wasn't disappointed :biggrin:

Converted in DPP / Buggered up in CS2

Canon 1D mk111 , 500F4IS + 1.4T/c , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/640th @ F8 iso400 -1/3rd E/comp RAW

All comments welcome

Regards

Andy... :smile: :biggrin:
Posted by Stuart McCrae on March 1, 2008 at 3:24 PM
I thought these were elusive critters seems evryone(except me) has got a shot of one :biggrin:

Nice image,I like the comp and it does'nt look buggered at all :confused:
Posted by John MacTavish on March 1, 2008 at 3:24 PM
Is the eye sharp?
Looks to be front focused on my monitor.

Take a touch off the top to bring the top in line with the top of the greenery on the LHS and you'd have a lovely composition.
Good to see so many water vole shots on here, populations healthy?

John :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 1, 2008 at 3:25 PM
Looks like you got yourself a "good" 1D3 :smile:

Very nice shot.Like the comp :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on March 1, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Great oppourtunity and capture. On my monitor it seems to give it a double image around the head. Must be me getting old. :biggrin: :toast:

Major.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 1, 2008 at 5:20 PM
Question ???

If the eye isn't sharp and may I add it looks sharp on my monitor , and the lense is front focusing , which way ( + or - ) should I adjust the AF Microadjustment in custom functions??? on a 1Dmk111 to compensate , if anyone can answer this i'd appreciate it.

Regards

Andy... :confused:
Posted by jack chapman on March 1, 2008 at 6:01 PM
very nice shot, seems sharp enough to me, wouldn't mind a little off the bottom though
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 1, 2008 at 6:07 PM
Andy download this PDF guide and go to thumnail 15, to tell you all about the micro adjustment.

Right click, save as HERE
Posted by eric weight on March 2, 2008 at 1:45 AM
Nice clean shot of an animal that always seems to be tight to the vegetation on the bank. Loads of voles around here too John although they're not everywhere like they were twenty years ago. We do have a lot of mink as well, and have had for at least ten years, so I wonder if a balance is being struck at last.
Processing looks good to me Andy.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 2, 2008 at 3:33 AM
Hi to all,

Thanks for the comments :toast:

Also thanks for the PDF Alan , I feel this document will become invaluable over the next few weeks so thanks again.

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 2, 2008 at 4:47 AM
Lovely image Andy - not the usual WV shot - very nice indeed :toast:

Agree, there's a lot of usable sharpness infront of the subject that needs 'pushing back' in order for it to be more useful.

But it doesn't detract from the image at all - nice one matey :toast: :wavey:
Posted by David Kjaer on March 2, 2008 at 5:36 AM
Very very nice - looks sharp to me!

David :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on March 2, 2008 at 6:35 AM
a very nice image, always hard to get a clean background with water voles so this image stands out in that regard. The eye looks sharp to me, although I agree there is some 'wasted' DOF in front of the vole.

Matt
Posted by Justin on March 2, 2008 at 6:42 AM
Very nice shot of a creature I've yet to photograph. Everything works for me and the eye appears acceptably sharp at this end.

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Posted by Paul Inglis on March 2, 2008 at 6:49 AM
Hi Andy,

Lovely shot with a cracking composition! The eye looks sharp here!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 2, 2008 at 3:22 PM
Superb sharpness and detail Andy,good to see you captured the tail also

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 3, 2008 at 4:51 AM


Thanks to all who commented on this image , your views are very much appreciated.

Regards

Andy... :smile: