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2:1 Lapwings and Barn

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Posted by jack chapman on March 9, 2009 at 5:56 PM
2:1 Lapwings and Barn
from yesterday morning, out after hares that were fairly quiet so turned my attention to other things, had to wait a while to get the lapwings in the right place

40D + 300mm F4L + 1.4 extender
1/4000 @ F9
ISO 320
cropped to 2:1 pano from top
Posted by Lewis Thomson on March 9, 2009 at 6:15 PM
Thats a nice scene! :biggrin: Really like this kind of shot.

Couple of huge dust bunnies on there though, the barn looks a little noisy too (could be my eyes!).

Lewis.
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Posted by Mark Hamblin on March 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Different. Works well for me. Big dust spot though! Cheers, Mark
Posted by Ian Haskell on March 9, 2009 at 8:15 PM
Nice :-). I can see a reddish fringe of the right hand side of the barn and the post to the right.

Apart from that and the dust monster I think its a great composition and works really well for me.

Ian
Posted by Terry Whittaker on March 10, 2009 at 4:26 AM
Well seen and taken. Really nice.

Cheers

Terry
Posted by Dawn Monrose on March 10, 2009 at 6:33 AM
Very nice graphic image. Good composition, dust bunny mentioned, I can see the red fringing too, prob due to compression...?

Nice!
Posted by Mark sellings on March 10, 2009 at 6:34 AM
Like the idea - would work well big & printed on a wall

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Billy Fairburn on March 10, 2009 at 11:01 AM
Great idea John, but I agree the barn looks a bit noisy - possibly introduced if you were trying to lift detail out? If you shot this RAW it might be an idea to try a blend of two different exposures from the file - might increase the overall detail of the barn and of the sky?

Just a thought, but of course it depends on what you're comfortable with...

Lovely shot none the less.

Billy :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on March 10, 2009 at 12:57 PM
I like it Jack!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by eric weight on March 10, 2009 at 5:11 PM
That's dead neat Jack. I am impressed that you have caught those two lapwings in a position where the silhouette identifies them so clearly from the wing-shapes.
:toast: eric
Posted by keith mitchell on March 10, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Beautiful Scene,like the atmosphere of this one.
:toast: Keith.
Posted by PhilH on March 11, 2009 at 5:57 AM
Nice... very Sheppey, and as Eric says being able to ID the Lapwings from the wing shape is excellent... you need to sort out that dust bunny though... :biggrin:

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Posted by John Chapman on March 11, 2009 at 6:53 AM
Great experience Jack. :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 12, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Works for me Jack, very nice scene :smile: