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Desert Wheatear at sunrise

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on November 22, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Desert Wheatear at sunrise


Desert Wheatear, photographed on the Lincs coast in early morning light, it's perch was a piece of corrugated iron that became it's home for a couple of weeks, thanks for looking.

Converted in DPP / Processed in CS2 ( Slight crop and droppings removed from the lower righthand corner )

1D3, 500F4IS+1.4T/c, Gitzo1325, Wimberley v2
1/800th @ F8 iso400 RAW

All comments most welcome

Best regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Rob Howard on November 22, 2008 at 6:14 PM
Hi Andy,

Lovely portrait. BG is really nice, thanks for sharing an image of this scarce visitor.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Vincent Jones on November 22, 2008 at 6:21 PM
A real beauty Andy., might be worth toning down the side plumage under the primaries, it's a little distracting.

Vince :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on November 22, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Hi Andy,

I love it! What a find let alone having the privilege of photographing it!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on November 22, 2008 at 6:52 PM


Thanks for the comments and advice chaps, how would I go about toning down the said part of the image in CS2 ? I'm still a novice when it comes to PS :biggrin: :confused: :biggrin:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Colin Pickett on November 22, 2008 at 9:31 PM
A pretty little bird well captured.

Regards :toast: :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on November 23, 2008 at 2:30 AM
Excellent image, lovely background as well!
Rene de Heer
Posted by David Kjaer on November 23, 2008 at 6:15 AM
A little beauty!

David :toast:
Posted by Tim Gregory on November 23, 2008 at 7:00 AM
Nice shot Andy,

The light is working just right here, very pretty little bird, the iron/metal/rusty thing he's sat on gives a slightly different to feel to most of these shots.


:toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on November 23, 2008 at 9:32 AM
Another nice one Andy. Colours work great here. Sorry don't have the full version of photoshop so not sure either how to do that editing :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on November 23, 2008 at 5:43 PM


Thanks for the comments :toast:

Andy... :smile: