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Great crested sunset

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Posted by Nigel Blake on March 9, 2008 at 3:26 AM
A Great Crested Grebe continues feeding until darkness falls, here it is in the reflection of a fiery sunset.
Canon EOS 1DsMkII + 600mm f4 IS and Canon 2X (MkII), My very old Benbo + Wimberley head.
RAW conversion Breezebrowser Pro (shot AWB reset to 5200K)
CS3 PP for resize & sharpen Then ran through Velvia vision plug-in for Velvia-like saturation. Uncropped.

2008:03:07 18:54:15
1200mm
1/125 sec, f/8
Mode: Av
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 400
AF mode: AI Servo AF
Drive: Continuous: frame 1
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off
File size: 13.5MB
Image size: 4992 x 3328
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

Thanks for viewing
Nigel
Posted by gary cox on March 9, 2008 at 7:18 AM
lovley shot Nigel
I really appreciate you taking the time to include so much shooting/processing info.
the way to learn a lot from the "Master".
gary
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on March 9, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Hi Nigel,
superb mood, the fish is the cracker. I like it. :toast: :toast:

Bertl Menegoni
Innsbruck
Austria
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 9, 2008 at 8:09 AM
Hi Nigel,

Cracking shot! Brilliant! Nice pose from the subject with it's tea! Great colours!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on March 9, 2008 at 12:11 PM
Very atmospheric shot. Excellent. Nice to read how it was achieved : :smile:

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 9, 2008 at 3:27 PM

Nice shot Nigel , lovely colours :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by David Kjaer on March 9, 2008 at 4:28 PM
Love it!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on March 9, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Something different as per usual. that sunset light adding to the image greatly. :toast:

Major.
Posted by John Robinson on March 9, 2008 at 7:27 PM
Wonderful colours in the water.
The actual bird image looks a little "heavy" to me though.
Posted by Justin on March 10, 2008 at 8:25 AM
Hi Nigel,

The colours, warmth and atmosphere combine perfectly here to make a really attractive image.
Without the fish would be good, with it is even better :cool:

:toast: :toast:
Posted by eric weight on March 10, 2008 at 1:41 PM
That's a really nicely taken shot. the silhouette looks a little soft to me, but it doesn't detract from an excellent picture.
:toast: :toast: Eric
Posted by Danny Green on March 11, 2008 at 10:26 AM
Cracking shot Nigel.

:toast: :toast: :toast:

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Helge Sorensen on March 11, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Lovely setting and colors, Nigel. I do find the bird a bit soft though :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Nigel Blake on March 11, 2008 at 3:28 PM
Its sharp as needles on the full res, but after resizing I erred away from sharpening to much to avoid getting jaggies and haloing