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Wide Lapwing

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Posted by Nigel Blake on June 10, 2008 at 3:14 AM
A regular bather at one of my pools, but its taken a while for it to overcome its waryness of a remote camera being in place, yesterday I got 9 very worthwhile frames on the 20D with a 20-35mm, one of the 1 series bodies will go in place today!
shot RAW; Breeze and CS3 as per my normal W/F.
Posted by Nigel Blake on June 10, 2008 at 3:17 AM
Had to delete and repost as the image was moved in the host forums it was placed in, so I've lost your comments Tim, sorry!
Posted by Alan Woolnough on June 10, 2008 at 3:33 AM
I really like this Nigel..............a completely different viewing experience!!

Great stuff, and fine reward for your effort :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 10, 2008 at 3:46 AM
Oh WOW :toast:

Very different and very nice - great shot Nigel :wavey:
Posted by Frederic Desmette on June 10, 2008 at 4:08 AM
Very nice!
Frederic
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 10, 2008 at 8:01 AM
A difficult one if light conditions change-very nice POV and good to see a wide used in nature photography

Dave :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on June 10, 2008 at 8:09 AM
Hi Nigel,

Brilliant capture of a lovely bird!
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Posted by Dawn Monrose on June 10, 2008 at 9:54 AM
Wow, lovely, the perspective the wide angle gives is great!

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Posted by eric weight on June 10, 2008 at 12:27 PM
This is a fantastic shot IMO. A very different PoV and not always an easy subject to expose well. I think a bit of AC rotation is required, but that is to take nothing away from a great shot.
Eric :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Hillion on June 12, 2008 at 8:33 AM
Definitely a wow shot! Inspiring too as it makes me think I should get my remote unit out of my bag and make use of it! It would of been nice to have a shot of the Lapwing a step or two back so that its head had a clear BG but still it's a wonderful shot and good to see something a bit different.

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Posted by Elliott Neep on June 12, 2008 at 9:56 AM
Love the use of a wide angle here. So rarely seen - a completely new and refreshing POV. I can vouch for how time consuming the set-up of these remote cameras can be, not to mention actually capturing something sharp when you are shooting blind! A real achievement :toast: :toast: :toast: