Badger.
This is daft !
I finally got the Sigma 150 yesterday. I was "playing" with it in the kitchen when this chap turned up. The stump etc is a set up where I have been doing them with flash. This was an early arrival at about 9 o'clock. The 2.8 really makes a difference.
Through the kitchen window.
D200 Sigma 150mm
800ISO
40th sec.@f3.5
Not a photographic masterpiece but an interesting one I thought.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Dawn Monrose on July 13, 2008 at 7:51 AM
I think this is a great image! Really nice setting, nice alert pose, really detailed, great exposure! I really think this is a great badger shot!! I guess I'd be tempted to snip a bit off the bottom, and tis a shame you can see the peanuts, although I didn't notice them when I first looked. It has a really nice feel to it.
A versatile lens!!
(Wish our windows were this clean!! )
Posted by jack chapman on July 13, 2008 at 8:25 AM
very nice he looks a bit wet and the lighting is great, the peanuts aren't that bad but the plant pot is, if it was a bit more prominent in the picture it might tell a story about badgers in gardens but at the moment i think it's somewhere in inbetween not being noticeable and being part of the image, anyway considering this is a grab shot
have you considered luring them onto that stump? that might make for some really nice shots as the ferns look great
Posted by John Robinson on July 13, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Thanks
Yes I have been doing them on the stump as thats what the set up was for really, but I have'nt got them posing properly yet !! One of the fox cubs has been on the stump too. I'll get there eventually !
Keep trying John, you'll get there in the end.
I have to say this would be the end for me, it's a fine shot and I would be wildly happy with one like this. You must be pleased with this. Eric
Hi John, always the way when you have a new toy you don't get to use it for what it's meant for straight away. Lovely photo, I feel very jealous.
Posted by Elliott Neep on July 13, 2008 at 5:21 PM
Don't knock the macro... when I first went to India, I used the fast f/2.8 on tigers! Love the badger shot. Looks like its got a little zebra in him with those stripes. So envious that you have such ready access to them
Congrats on your new lens! This is a belting grab shot with a new lens! I can only image what the next shot will be like when you intentionally set out to photograph them! Top stuff as usual Mr Robinson!
Discussion
13 repliesThis is daft !
I finally got the Sigma 150 yesterday. I was "playing" with it in the kitchen when this chap turned up. The stump etc is a set up where I have been doing them with flash. This was an early arrival at about 9 o'clock. The 2.8 really makes a difference.
Through the kitchen window.
D200 Sigma 150mm
800ISO
40th sec.@f3.5
Not a photographic masterpiece but an interesting one I thought.
Cheers
JohnR
A versatile lens!!
(Wish our windows were this clean!!
have you considered luring them onto that stump? that might make for some really nice shots as the ferns look great
Yes I have been doing them on the stump as thats what the set up was for really, but I have'nt got them posing properly yet !! One of the fox cubs has been on the stump too. I'll get there eventually !
I have to say this would be the end for me, it's a fine shot and I would be wildly happy with one like this. You must be pleased with this.
Plant pot and Peanuts aside I think it's a lovely shot , must be fantastic to have Badgers visiting your garden , very envious indeed.
Andy...
Congrats on your new lens! This is a belting grab shot with a new lens! I can only image what the next shot will be like when you intentionally set out to photograph them! Top stuff as usual Mr Robinson!
Brett
Nice shot
Just posted the latest badger shot.
JR