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Watervole

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Posted by Craig Jones on March 13, 2009 at 3:50 AM
Watervole
Photo taken today after a long time trying to find these little fellows :biggrin: :biggrin: The background is not great but show's it's natural habitat, i feel i was very lucky to have seen them and the sun was setting which add's to the picture, i hope you like this beautiful animal as much as i do :smile: :smile:

All Comments/Advice welcome

Tech;
D300,600vr
F4,1/1600
iso400
PP in bibblepro+CS3,Slight crop
Thanks For Looking
Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 13, 2009 at 4:16 AM
It's a nice image Craig but perhaps a touch high in contrast which has made the water highlights a bit too strong. Try lowering the contrast a bit.

Robert
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on March 13, 2009 at 4:27 AM
Really nice image and composition but I agree with Robert about the contrast as it looks a little hard at the moment.

Simon
Posted by Arron Barnes on March 13, 2009 at 5:40 AM
What a lovely image, maybe as said above a wee bitty too much contrast but what a great capture.

Arron
Posted by Magnus Hird on March 13, 2009 at 6:33 AM
Very nice Craig, I like the pose with it sniffing the air. Highlights in the water already mentioned but great result to find these :smile:
Posted by Terry Whittaker on March 13, 2009 at 7:37 AM
It's a great pose. Personally I find water voles extremely difficult to photograph in bright sunlight. Apart from highlights in the water there are always distracting bits of foliage that reflect more light than the vole. I think here a vertical shot would have worked to lose the twigs and a blip of flash to balance out the exposure without overpowering the backlight. Water voles become quite tolerant of flash but might jump for the first one.

Hope this helps.

Terry


Posted by David Sewell on March 13, 2009 at 8:03 AM
For me the background is nothing other than typical habitat, I agree about the water highlights though.

David
Posted by John Chapman on March 13, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Nice capture and a bonus getting a reflection. :toast:
Posted by Simon Litten on March 13, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Nice one, Craig.

Simon
Posted by Craig Jones on March 13, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Thank you for your kind/helpful comments, i have others to post,and i won't be making the same mistake, this is the result of 'stagefright' i could not believe he'd turned up and i froze for a second :eek: :eek: Thanks again :wavey: