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Little Grebe

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Posted by Nigel Blake on March 6, 2008 at 2:42 AM
An unusually confiding Little Grebe that posed for me for most of yesterday afternoon, I was on my belly in the mud again, but well worth the mess! more on my blog.
2008:03:05 15:45:23
840mm
1/250 sec, f/11
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
Exp comp: -2/3
ISO: 400
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Drive: Continuous: frame 1
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 13.3MB
Image size: 3328 x 4992
Color matrix 4: Adobe RGB
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Contrast: -1
Sharpness level: 0
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 17: Expand AF activation area to 7 AF points

Canon EOS 1Ds MkII + 600mm and 1.4X, and I might have had the 12mm tube on too, PP in Breeze and CS3, uncropped
Posted by Major Gilbert on March 6, 2008 at 3:02 AM
Spot on Nigel excellent. :toast:

Major
Posted by PhilH on March 6, 2008 at 3:33 AM
Thats nice Nigel, well worth lying in the mud....

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Posted by Andy Astbury on March 6, 2008 at 5:16 AM
Lovely shot Nigel - top job :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 6, 2008 at 7:26 AM
Hi Nigel,

Cracking capture!
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Posted by Ian Mason on March 6, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Gorgeous! I might be tempted to darken the bright are in the upper right. I think it might also benefit from some rotation - I tried Bob Steele's trick of using the measuring tool between the eye and its reflection, the image/rotate/arbitrary.
Posted by tony flashman on March 6, 2008 at 1:48 PM
I love the over the shoulder shots and this one is spot on. I agree with Ian, just a tad of rotation needed.


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Posted by Tim Taylor on March 6, 2008 at 2:03 PM
Super shot Nigel - I love these fluffy little critters. The only little grebes I can regularly photograph you couldn't get anything like this close to.

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Posted by Ian Andrews on March 6, 2008 at 2:16 PM
Very nicely caught. :smile:

Ian
Posted by Paul Ashton on March 6, 2008 at 2:22 PM
A lovely image Nigel. These are quite common around this part of the world but getting a decent image well that's another matter.
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 6, 2008 at 3:19 PM
I do like these little dab chicks,little cracker
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Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 6, 2008 at 3:45 PM

Nice capture Nigel , like the comp :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Chris Jones on March 7, 2008 at 4:36 AM
Nigel

Great shot, love the colours.

Now for the techi queston, an extention tube on a telle with an 1.4x, what does that do?

Regards

Chris
Posted by Nigel Blake on March 7, 2008 at 4:49 AM
It reduces the minimum focus distance, from the lenses minimum of 5.5 Metres to about 4.6 metres (12mm tube) and 4.2 metres (25mm tube) with the 25mm fitted its necessary to work at f11 onwards, wide open to F8 causes obvious vignetting.
Posted by Elliott Neep on March 7, 2008 at 5:39 AM
Hi Nigel. Lovely light, classic composition, and reflection. Must do something about getting a few more of these in my own files. My only shot is similar, but the dab pooped at the same time :eek:
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Posted by Chris Jones on March 7, 2008 at 6:48 AM
Thanks Nigel.......... just allway asociated tubes with macro photography.

I'm gonna give that a go this weekend. It sounds usefull in the confines of the garden where you can acually end up getting quite close, with heap of glass on the front and just when you're all lined up the AF says "ot-oh".

Thanks again
Posted by John Robinson on March 7, 2008 at 8:52 PM
Yes a little rotation would help perhaps and my eye tends to go to the bright bill patch which seems bright, but it may be my monitor. They can be very confiding if you get the right bird and bait up enough.
JohnRobinson
Posted by Justin on March 8, 2008 at 10:17 AM
Hi Nigel,

A top quality image :toast: :toast: