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L/O Chick

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Posted by Bob Cox on February 5, 2009 at 5:23 PM
L/O Chick
One of the same family of L/Os from last year, shot into the evening sun, still a bit to colourful perhaps?

Canon 20 D.
Canon 300mm f4
ISO 800
1/125 at f7.1
Car window.

Posted by Edwin kats on February 5, 2009 at 5:28 PM
:toast: fantastic :toast:

Edwin Kats
Posted by Brett Lewis on February 5, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Something strange going on as the light is from behind yet the eye is exposed.. The post should be in shadow but it seems to have been lit..? Would think about taking out that single stem of grass, not a major nit but doesn't really add anything

I like the idea and set up but can't quite grasp what's going on with the processing..

Brett :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on February 5, 2009 at 6:15 PM
There are times where too much colour does not work, but this isn't one of them. A superb shot.

David
Posted by Colin Pickett on February 5, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Absolutely brilliant very different, really like the rim lighting.

Great work :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on February 6, 2009 at 3:00 AM
this is very nice, I really like the backlighting. Was some fill flash used maybe?

Matt
Posted by Bob Cox on February 6, 2009 at 4:51 AM
Brett, you are quite right, sorry I forgot the processing details; yes in P.S. I isolated the post and de-saturated some colour, plus darkened the eye. Without this the picture looked flat it is that gives the appearance of fill in flash Matt.
Posted by Dawn Monrose on February 6, 2009 at 5:00 AM
Now that is lovely! Nice composition, lovely backlighting and nice background! Lovely warm light too.

:toast:
Posted by Lee Newman on February 6, 2009 at 8:11 AM
Very nice, the light shining through the feathers looks superb.

Lee
Posted by tony flashman on February 6, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Nits covered. A really interesting shot, I like the rim light on the bird

Tony :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ray on February 6, 2009 at 8:35 AM
An excellent capture, perhaps a tad high in the frame as the post is starting to be rather dominant in the image. It works really well, that grass stem really adds to the image, shall have to remember that.

There is something strange going on with the lighting. You have top quality back lighting, but with sufficient light to illuminate the sides nearest to you, even to capturing the yellow in the owls eye. Your car wasn’t by ant chance acting as a giant reflector, you really must be like the rest of us, and stop the polishing and let grime rule. :eek: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Posted by Des Ong on February 6, 2009 at 9:29 AM
This is just great, he's like a fur ball. Love it :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on February 6, 2009 at 11:23 AM


Lovely shot Bob, super back lighting.

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Fran French on February 6, 2009 at 12:43 PM
A good bit of processing Bob. Like it very much.

Fran
Posted by Nick on February 6, 2009 at 5:48 PM
The rim lighting is great - looks like he'd had his ready-brek that morning. I'm not so sure about the work on the post, I think it'd probably look better (to me anyway) if it was left alone - even if it did look flatter (it's what I'd expect to see).