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Creeping Corncrake

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Posted by Major Gilbert on June 19, 2008 at 5:07 PM
Creeping Corncrake
D3 + 600mm AFS II + 1.4 conv.
1/1000 @ f6.3.
ISO 640.
WB Auto.
Metering Matrix.
AF Area Mode: Dynamic 51 point.
Taken from the car.

Major.
Posted by Ian Mason on June 19, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Wow! This is just stunning.
Posted by John Robinson on June 19, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Great Crake shot major ( a bird I've not seen )
Not sure about the daisies but you can't pick and choose with stuff like this I know. If you could darken them down maybe , but not sure how !
Cheers
John
Posted by Alan Woolnough on June 19, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Well taken opportunity Major................great result :toast:

Alan
Posted by Robert Lawrence on June 20, 2008 at 3:34 AM
Lovely image. I don't mind the daisies at all.

Robert
Posted by PhilH on June 20, 2008 at 3:38 AM
Nice one, you may be able to tone the white daisies down a bit by going to selective colour and adding black to the whites.

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Posted by Simon Litten on June 20, 2008 at 6:33 AM
Hi Major

The daisies don't bother me at all - they give a sense of scale. Nice to see a shot of a corncrake that isn't heads up calling. Well done.


Simon
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 20, 2008 at 6:45 AM
Another great clear crake image-I quite like the daises as they add a splash of colour-dead jealous

Dave :toast:
Posted by Nigel Blake on June 20, 2008 at 7:52 AM
Nice work Major, The daisies are great, since they are indicative of the Corncrake's crofter's meadow habitat they only add to the shot.
Posted by marcus john on June 20, 2008 at 9:09 AM
Is it OK to ask roughly where this was taken [eg which scottish island or region?]
It is a superb image and like Nigel, I think the foreground is evocative of the bird's [threatended] habitat,
Posted by Paul Inglis on June 20, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Hi Major,

Stunning image! It's the best corncrake image I've seen! Brilliant!
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Posted by Ian Hardy on June 20, 2008 at 1:05 PM
Hi Major,

Brilliant!!!!!

Ian Hardy
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 20, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Marcus this was taken on North Uist. I spent a week there from 17th-24th May.
Many thanks to everybody for your comments.
I do think the daiseys are a personal thing so I do understand.

Major.
Posted by John Robinson on June 20, 2008 at 5:40 PM

Major
Just to clarify my comment.I agree the daisies put the habitat into context etc. - just the brightness of them takes my eye off the bird. .
JR
Posted by A.R.D on June 20, 2008 at 6:22 PM
Yes. Very nice indeed.

I'm with John. The daisies are GOOD but need toning down a bit ( I think so - anyway!)

Regards

Posted by Mark Fellowes on June 21, 2008 at 3:57 PM
Stunning shot Major - personally I think that the daisies are only a bit dominating because of the space at the top - if the top is cropped a bit they balance the composition nicely.

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Mark
Posted by David Taylor on June 22, 2008 at 7:29 AM
Great as is. I wouldn't alter a thing.

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Posted by Nick Caddick on June 23, 2008 at 3:11 PM
Like it as is

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