Accidentally caused allot of disturbance when I encountered the seals before I expected to however this little fella forgave me and crossed 20 meters of beach to pose to close for my lens, I have some great half seal shots. Note to self, always take spare camera with a lens. Second note to self, buy spare camera.
Stunning morning but sand everywhere, so how do I make a skimmer.
That's very nice Ian. Is it on a sloping bank or could the image do with a touch of rotation? As for making a skimmer I made mine from a meat roasting tin; fixed a piece of 3x2 planed timber to the inside and fixed the mounting plate from an old tripod to the timber; then all I have to do is screw on my Manfrotto 501 video head and away to go. I took it out for the first time at Donna Nook but there was so much sand blowing along at ground level that I gave up on it after hardly any time at all. I'm looking forward to trying it out in better conditions though. One point to make: the longer the lens you use, the further away from the subject you are and that correspondingly means less of an angle, thereby giving the appearance of being closer to the ground.
Robert.
EDIT. On the last point I was trying to say that using a longer lens can often mean a skimmer wouldn't be needed, just a lowish tripod. Unless of course you needed it just to make it easier to approach by sliding along the ground.
Posted by Alan Bryant on January 15, 2009 at 1:23 PM
lol @ your second note
Cracking lighting and nice comp.
I'm not sure what the BG is doing ?.Does the image need a CW rotation ?.Or is that what the BG looks like when you took the image ?.
EDIT - Robert beat me to the same question
Posted by Lee Newman on January 15, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Cracking image Ian. The light could not be better, good sharp details & nice comp.
Lee
Posted by John Robinson on January 15, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Lovely texture on the animal.
Bit of a slope but doesn't bother me too much.
JR
Posted by Matt Cole on January 15, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Very amusing, I expected to have comments about the bit of sky so I cropped and cloned it out, but that means you cannot tell that the seal is on a bluming great sand dune, is this beter or will I now get nits about the sky
Good point about the skimer and the tripod although this is my bigest lens, I am thinking of making one using a circular sledge.
One last point, I am supprised how well the canon performed at ISO1000, thought that was only a Nikon party peice
All the best
Ian
Posted by John Chapman on January 16, 2009 at 5:51 AM
Hi Ian, great picture and the first one is the best in MHO
Posted by Colin Crowdey on January 16, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Hi ian, wonderful lighting and nice and sharp, prefer the first post. Looks pretty good for ISO 1000 - have you run it through any noise removal software?
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10 repliesAccidentally caused allot of disturbance when I encountered the seals before I expected to
Stunning morning but sand everywhere, so how do I make a skimmer.
C and C welcome
All the best
Ian Hay
40D 100 400 @120
1/100th
f5.6
ISO1000
Robert.
EDIT. On the last point I was trying to say that using a longer lens can often mean a skimmer wouldn't be needed, just a lowish tripod. Unless of course you needed it just to make it easier to approach by sliding along the ground.
Cracking lighting and nice comp.
I'm not sure what the BG is doing ?.Does the image need a CW rotation ?.Or is that what the BG looks like when you took the image ?.
EDIT - Robert beat me to the same question
Lee
Bit of a slope but doesn't bother me too much.
JR
Matt
Good point about the skimer and the tripod although this is my bigest lens, I am thinking of making one using a circular sledge.
One last point, I am supprised how well the canon performed at ISO1000, thought that was only a Nikon party peice
All the best
Ian
cheers
Colin
No noise software used and I will try a bit of rotation
All the best
Ian