Posted by Craig Jones on February 15, 2009 at 4:47 PM
Another one of my dipper shots taken last month,the weather has not been great so i've been unable to better the previous shot and this one i will though, as for me the dipper represents the health of the river,this endearing,plump bird is one of my favorite british birds with its energetic bobbing and its white bib being its trade marks With this photo i lay flat in the dirt so i could be level to the bird and take this shot,
All comments+advice welcome,thank you
Tech;
D300/600F4/VR
F4,1/40,-0.3
iso400
PP in bibble/CS3,slight crop at top/almost full-frame.
Craig Jones
Staffordshire
Posted by Colin Pickett on February 15, 2009 at 4:55 PM
What a cracker Craig you must be well pleased, very envious.
A tad low in the frame, and the whites look slightly on the hot side on my monitor. Otherwise an excellent portrait, well seen and worked.
Posted by John Robinson on February 15, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Cracking viewpoint for a bird like this Craig and a great site. The bird its self looks a little soft on my gear though.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Ian Haskell on February 15, 2009 at 5:48 PM
Ditto what everyone else has said above. The bird is a little soft and the whites may be burnt out a little depending on whos equipment you are viewing this on (varies from monitor to monitor) but can be rescued if taken in RAW. I really like the low point of view and think it works as an image overall.
Ian
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 15, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Really like the composition and setting here Craig - well worth the face in the mud! Think you've got the bottom of the image just right - anymore water and you'd end up with part of a reflection. The pose is great, only nit is its a little soft. Fingers crossed the weather comes good for you soon
Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 16, 2009 at 10:34 AM
I love the composition and the typical pose but for me it just looks too soft.
Robert
Posted by Ian Cook on February 16, 2009 at 3:28 PM
One of my target species for this year, if i can catch one a 10th as good as this ill be very happy :) very nicely caught :)
Posted by Craig Jones on February 16, 2009 at 3:59 PM
Thank you for all your kind comments, upon reflection it is a 'tad' soft,and the white bib is alittle blown it won't happen again and it's all learning i'm grateful people can stop and help rather than the 'walk on by' approach, i'm new and learning and we all started somewhere So thanks again to the above
What a marvelous setting, OK you know the two main problems here, as you say it is all learning, I am actually looking forward to seeing more images from this location as I know they will only get better....
For this shot you should be able to rescue some detail in the whites from the RAW and regards softness, did you sharpen after resizing?
Posted by Craig Jones on April 30, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Phil, no i did'nt, thats where i've gone wrong, thanks to everyone
Discussion
12 repliesAll comments+advice welcome,thank you
Tech;
D300/600F4/VR
F4,1/40,-0.3
iso400
PP in bibble/CS3,slight crop at top/almost full-frame.
Craig Jones
Staffordshire
Cheers
JR
Ian
Dave
Robert
All The Best
Craig Jones
Staffordshire
Missed this one earlier...
What a marvelous setting, OK you know the two main problems here, as you say it is all learning, I am actually looking forward to seeing more images from this location as I know they will only get better....
For this shot you should be able to rescue some detail in the whites from the RAW and regards softness, did you sharpen after resizing?
Craig