Posted by Brett Lewis on January 10, 2009 at 12:18 PM
Out this afternoon taking in the sunshine at the local beach..
I was amazed at the ignorance of some people who saw me laying on my belly in the wet sand photographing these guys. They would walk up the beach (towards me) behind the subject, scare the subject then almost step over me..!! Really quite annoying almost as if they own the beach and what right do I have to be there..!!
Well, despite lots of activity, and dogs, it meant that the birds were really quite tame and would walk within less than 0.5m from me at times. Some nice turnstones and a couple of sanderling were about..
Anyway, this one was just tidying up the last scraps of flesh from inside the crab..
Would crop off the soft foreground, otherwise an excellent shot.
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Posted by eric weight on January 10, 2009 at 12:58 PM
I like that a lot. The foreground detail is a real bonus, but as Ray says, I don't think it would miss some of the really blurred stuff. Mark G and I were trying to photograph some tree creepers the other day and a lady in a bright turquoise jacket came and stood right next to me waving her arms about and asking what we were photographing. Answer ? "Nothing any more, thank you." Don't you just love them all? Eric
Posted by tony flashman on January 10, 2009 at 1:09 PM
Or they thought, "Oh a beached Whale with a camera" and came closer to investigate.
Well worth the effort Brett, fantastic detail.
Tony
Posted by Lee Newman on January 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM
I like this kind of image where it shows what the subject is up to. Foreground only a very minor nit. Nice details in the bird & good comp. a fine looking image .
Lee :
Posted by Fran French on January 10, 2009 at 1:18 PM
Love the dof here Brett, I feel it accentuates the bird and shows more detail at the focal point. Nice work indeed.
Very nice indeed and the crab remains in the foreground make this more than just a portrait.
Having read the suggestion to lose the very bottom blurred part of the frame, I scrolled the screen down enough to lose it and although it works fine as presented, I think with a slight crop off the bottom it works equally well, if not slightly better.
Posted by David Sewell on January 11, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Nice work, Brett. Who do these people think they are, walking on a public beach on a sunny afternoon? I think you are right, that it does at least get the birds habituated to people.
I nearly missed this one. Lovely image; nice point of view, great light and background. The foreground doesn't bother me at all. On the contrary, I think it's a nice bonus here.
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13 repliesI was amazed at the ignorance of some people who saw me laying on my belly in the wet sand photographing these guys. They would walk up the beach (towards me) behind the subject, scare the subject then almost step over me..!! Really quite annoying almost as if they own the beach and what right do I have to be there..!!
Well, despite lots of activity, and dogs, it meant that the birds were really quite tame and would walk within less than 0.5m from me at times. Some nice turnstones and a couple of sanderling were about..
Anyway, this one was just tidying up the last scraps of flesh from inside the crab..
Enjoy the rest of your weekend..
Brett
Canon 30d, Sig. 300mm f2.8 + 1.4x,
1/640 @ f11, HH
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Well worth the effort Brett, fantastic detail.
Tony
Lee :
Fran
Very nice detail
Bertl
Matt
Nice work.
Tony
Good stuff.
JR
Having read the suggestion to lose the very bottom blurred part of the frame, I scrolled the screen down enough to lose it and although it works fine as presented, I think with a slight crop off the bottom it works equally well, if not slightly better.
David