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B/W snowscape

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Posted by jack chapman on February 6, 2009 at 6:31 PM
B/W snowscape
wasn't entirely sure what to title this one, since i didn't want to call it moorhen in the snow, interested to hear what people think of this

40D + 300mm F4L
1/500ish @ F5.6
ISO 640
FULL FRAME
Posted by Rob Ashton on February 7, 2009 at 5:05 AM
Great environmental shot and you can even get 2 separate images out of this frame that stand up on their own (top and bottom letterbox crops). As a whole frame some people may quibble about the blank white area in the middle but it doesn't worry me adversely.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Richard Peters on February 7, 2009 at 11:11 AM
If I'm honest it doesn't really grab my attention. Maybe if the bird was in a better pose or had some detail to it it would work more for me?!
Posted by Lee Newman on February 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM
Nice enviromental image & the wing feathers on the moorhen stand out nicely against the snow.

Lee
Posted by Ray on February 7, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Not for me, but saying that, I keep on coming back to it, as it definitely has something. I think it’s the “crispness” of the Moorhen which is so easy to identify, and does keeps on drawing my eye.

Perhaps cropping might work, but I do feel that there is something here, and as such worth keeping for further thought.
Posted by eric weight on February 7, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Hmmm? I can't make my mind up. It is definitely not a bad shot, and it was certainly worth a try, especially as it is so hard to get a different moorhen shot. Just seems to be missing something to me.
:wavey: Eric