Coot , riding the wave

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7 replies

Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 21, 2008 at 12:53 PM

Hi to all,

Coot , photographed this morning at my local reservoir , after an aborted trip to the coast(Blast you Met Office forecast

) and a fruitless morning of looking for Adders(too cold and windy

) I called in at my local reservoir in hope of capturing some more feats of water walking by the Coots , this was not to be due to the very strong winds and a swell of about 2ft , maybe next time

Converted in DPP / Processed in CS (Cropped)

Canon 1D3 , 500F4IS , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/2000th @ F8 iso640 -1/3rd E/comp RAW

All comments welcome

Regards

Andy...

Posted by Major Gilbert on March 21, 2008 at 1:41 PM

Well exposed shot Andrew and as you say under not the best of conditions this morning.
The angle does give you the feeling that it needs correcting IMO.

Major.

Posted by Andy Astbury on March 21, 2008 at 1:43 PM

I can hear Hawaii Five-O in the background

Great exposure control the Andy - nice job

Posted by Paul Inglis on March 21, 2008 at 2:03 PM

Hi Andy,

Very nice capture! Well handled with the exposure!

He does seem to be swimming down and out of the frame!

Posted by eric weight on March 21, 2008 at 3:09 PM

Maybe it's because I just spent a fruitless week ploughing through waves like this on Windermere, but I like the swell in this shot. It doesn't feel too 'wrong' to me because the bird's neck is upright and the water in the BG is level. I like it, it adds life to an essentially still subject.

Eric

Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 21, 2008 at 3:57 PM

Thanks for the comments chaps

Cheers Eric , you've got it spot on

Andy...

Posted by John Chapman on March 21, 2008 at 5:59 PM

Nice capture Andrew.
John.

Posted by Ian Mason on March 23, 2008 at 6:58 PM

Nice! Looks as if he's enjoying the ride.