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Dipper with a technical 'itch.....

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Posted by Andy Astbury on March 9, 2009 at 5:30 AM
A nice session on Friday albeit under gloomy conditions.

As long as I have the right tools though I relish shooting in low or flat-ish light as there are no harsh shadows to kill the small details.

Jpeg compression has made small areas of the breast look a tad harsh - the full res tiff looks fine coming as it does from a 14bit RAW file.

I don't want to give this D3 back :biggrin: :biggrin:

D3
300-800 @ 800mm
ISO 1000
1/640th @ f6.3

Bigger version http://wildlifeinpixels.com/img/0309/WIP00039614.jpg

Thanks for looking folks :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on March 9, 2009 at 6:50 AM
Better light on sunday though.LOL. Smart image not sure of the pose though.As for the return of the D3..... lie! Mark
Posted by Andy Bate on March 9, 2009 at 7:42 AM
nice, did you let one off is that why hes stood like that???
Posted by Mark sellings on March 9, 2009 at 7:45 AM
Nice - I've taken loads of this pose over the years but they've never looked quite 'right' , but I think this looks great - like you say I've always found subdued/gloomy conditions the best for Dippers - the detail in their darks always holds well but a smidgin of sun and bang the whites are blown - lucky we live in the UK :biggrin:

Nice shot :toast: :toast:

Mark
Posted by Billy Fairburn on March 9, 2009 at 7:55 AM
Lovely shot. Could just be my monitor but the eye seems to get a little lost in the shadow - might be worth trying to bring it out a bit more?

Billy :toast:
Posted by eric weight on March 9, 2009 at 3:23 PM
Just looked at the bigger version and it has great detail. What a difference an eye makes. It just wouldn't work at all for me with it hidden, but this is great. But of course you know that.
Been enjoying your eagle stuff too.
:toast: :toast: :wavey: :wavey: Eric
Posted by jack chapman on March 9, 2009 at 6:18 PM
that is nice, the detail you have got from the softness of the light is lovely, seems theres a lot to be said for gloomy light
Posted by John Chapman on March 11, 2009 at 7:01 AM
Nice capture Andy. :toast: