Posted by Fran French on January 23, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Anguis fragilis........
Thought I would upload something a little different tonight. One or two of you may remember this from just over a year ago.It was taken on a reptile shoot with Brett in May '07, and was second runner up in a photo comp.
The dof and that stick lets it down I know, but it is a sight very rarely seen so I thought it was worth sharing.
20D,180mm macro, ISO 400,f7.1 1/60th sec.
All the best, and have a great weekend!
Fran
Posted by Andy Shepherd on January 23, 2009 at 3:36 PM
Very interesting behavioral shot Fran, I'm not sure if he's feeling frisky or just peckish
Oops, forgot to mention, have a smashing weekend too
The interest is there... I think for presentation on the web and despite the very limited DoF an even closer crop would have worked... not like me to advocate cropping, but, go in almost square to just the heads......... thoughts......
Posted by John Robinson on January 23, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Not seen this too often.
I think I would go in tighter too.
Well seen.
JohnR
Posted by Fran French on January 23, 2009 at 5:23 PM
A repost suggested by Phil. Thanks Phil I think it works very well. Just a shame about the shiney bits, it was a sunny day!
Posted by Brett Lewis on January 23, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Hi Fran,
I remember that day well and hope next time to have some proper kit with me if I ever encounter it again.. I'm glad you got something from the day and despite the DOF field issues I think you have made the most of it.
On another note, I altered the Shadows/highlights by 10% & 30% respectively and that helped reduce the reflected light on the animals. It is often very difficult to get the exposures right on these as they have very smooth skins and cylindrical bodies so tricky subjects for most..
Look forward to seeing them again this year..
Kind regards,
Brett
Ps. Might have persuaded me to go and have a look at some of my shots for posting..!
Posted by David Kjaer on January 23, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Hi Fran
Nice action - prefer your second post!
David
Posted by Lee Newman on January 23, 2009 at 6:57 PM
I like both images. Great behavioral shot.
Lee
Posted by Matt Cole on January 24, 2009 at 5:18 AM
very interesting behavioural shot, nice work Fran.
Discussion
12 repliesThought I would upload something a little different tonight. One or two of you may remember this from just over a year ago.It was taken on a reptile shoot with Brett in May '07, and was second runner up in a photo comp.
The dof and that stick lets it down I know, but it is a sight very rarely seen so I thought it was worth sharing.
20D,180mm macro, ISO 400,f7.1 1/60th sec.
All the best, and have a great weekend!
Fran
Oops, forgot to mention, have a smashing weekend too
Andy...
The interest is there... I think for presentation on the web and despite the very limited DoF an even closer crop would have worked... not like me to advocate cropping, but, go in almost square to just the heads......... thoughts......
I think I would go in tighter too.
Well seen.
JohnR
I remember that day well and hope next time to have some proper kit with me if I ever encounter it again..
On another note, I altered the Shadows/highlights by 10% & 30% respectively and that helped reduce the reflected light on the animals. It is often very difficult to get the exposures right on these as they have very smooth skins and cylindrical bodies so tricky subjects for most..
Look forward to seeing them again this year..
Kind regards,
Brett
Ps. Might have persuaded me to go and have a look at some of my shots for posting..!
Nice action - prefer your second post!
David
Lee
Matt
David
Nice shot. Il ike the second one beter then the first one.