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Another SEO in flight...

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Posted by PhilH on February 16, 2009 at 3:33 AM
Another SEO in flight...
40D, 400/2.8 + 1.4x, beanbag upon car roof (got a nice polished spot now), manual focus.
ISO400, 1/500 @ f10, Manual metered from the grasses.
ACR5 + resize & sharpen CS4, slight crop.

Hi,

Another trip to see the Short Eared Owls... came away with one image and have not got the images I am after...

Weather didn't really go as forecast and we had quite heavy clouds obscuring the main light source for much of the time :rolleyes:

All the best

Phil
Posted by Nigel Blake on February 16, 2009 at 4:26 AM
Aaah its opened this time Phil, it just a hung a couple of times before.... but worth the wait, this is a fine shot, the hunters intense facial expression is most evident too and that adds greatly to the shot.
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 16, 2009 at 4:33 AM
There's some odd artefacts towards the left of frame Phil but an Nigel says, the facial expression is intense. :wavey:

F10???? :eek:
Posted by PhilH on February 16, 2009 at 4:41 AM
Artefacts are in fact grass heads in roughly the same plane of focus as the bird Andy... f10... could say that because I was using manual focus that I used it for a little bit of DoF to compensate for user error, in truth I swapped extenders and forgot that I could open up a little :biggrin:

All the best

Phil
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 16, 2009 at 4:46 AM
Ah - brain fade, I'm REAL familiar with that affliction Phil :biggrin: :biggrin:

What artefacts........see what I mean :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Posted by Gary Beers on February 16, 2009 at 4:51 AM
Very Nice - I think your accidental F10 has brought in a nice amount of the envoronment while still letting the bird stand out....
Posted by David J Slater on February 16, 2009 at 4:56 AM
Heavy clouds? Wish I could find SEOs in such good light (1/500th at F10). Great stuff. The band of cloud framing the top of the image was definately needed.
Posted by jack chapman on February 16, 2009 at 5:41 AM
beautiful, the gradient in the sky and pose are great
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on February 16, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Nice one Phil, the bird still stands out well even at f10, and the light is nice.

Greg
Posted by Dave Bartlett on February 16, 2009 at 8:22 AM
Very nice Phil. I like the way the bird is just breaking clear of the immediate background.

Dave
Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 16, 2009 at 9:34 AM
Shooting BIF and polishing the car at the same time-who says men cant multi task :biggrin: An image i would laove to have-such handsome birds

Dave :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on February 16, 2009 at 9:45 AM
I agree with all of the above Phil. I actually like the dim, grey light on this, I think it adds to the atmosphere. I'm impressed that you shoot birds in flight using MF...

Matt
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on February 16, 2009 at 12:37 PM
A real beauty Phil.....a bird thats on my wish list

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Ashton on February 16, 2009 at 1:02 PM
A good one Phil. Makes me even more frustrated since my local bird didn't hang around for more than a week.
Posted by Justin on February 16, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Hi Phil,
A fine result and impressive technique capturing it so well with manual focus.
Been busy with these myself over the last few days, very addictive :smile:

:wavey: :toast:
Posted by Fran French on February 16, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Hmm, guess who's not talking to you anymore :wink: :wink:

Far better than my efforts, but that serves me right for not staying longer , you got the better light and longer lens. :smile:

Nice one Phil, your perseverance paid off, well done you :biggrin:

Fran :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on February 16, 2009 at 2:59 PM
A real beauty Phil.

Phil.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Ray on February 16, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Nice shot, well seen and taken.
Posted by Ian Cook on February 16, 2009 at 3:26 PM
nicely seen, can understand the strange artifacts comment, but looking closely can also see what they really are :)
Posted by Major Gilbert on February 16, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Now whats with all these SEO Philh. All the bits work very well and what an excellent bird. :toast:

Major.
None here but did mamage to find an odd one on Sunday. The only trouble is it doesnt like flying.
Posted by Ian Mason on February 16, 2009 at 7:04 PM
Beautiful shot and all the more so considering manual focus - incredible! The background is spot on too.
Posted by Magnus Hird on February 17, 2009 at 3:52 AM
Very nice Phil, also like the way the smaller aperture has brought in more of the environment. Keep going, I'm sure they're just camera shy and will look at the lens sometime soon! :smile: