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Water Vole

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Posted by Terry Longley on April 26, 2009 at 7:53 AM
Water Vole
Had a great couple of hours thoroughly entertained by three of these beautiful little creatures on Friday.

EOS 40D
300 f4 + 1.4x ext

Camera resting on beanbag laying on the ground

Shutter speed: 1/125sec
Aperture: f6.3
Exposure compensation: -2/3
ISO: 400
Posted by Ray on April 26, 2009 at 8:38 AM
Very nice, an excellent capture, no crits.
Posted by Craig Jones on April 26, 2009 at 8:47 AM
Nice vole shot, seems they are very alive and doing well, i like the detail here and the comp, well done :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on April 26, 2009 at 8:51 AM
That's good.
One of the nicest water vole pics I,ve seen to date. The positioning is spot on too.

JohnR
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 26, 2009 at 11:16 AM


Lovely image Terry, he's a plump little fellow, composition works well, though there seems to be slight movement throughout the shot, probably down to the 1/125th and quite a lot of noise too, my 40D is terrible on iso400.

Andy...
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on April 26, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Excellent Terry,I keep my 40d on iso 640,not that I can see any noise on your image

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Malcolm Muir on April 26, 2009 at 1:58 PM
Lovely shot Terry. Wish we still had more of these fellows round here but too many mink, one suspects.

Malcolm :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on April 26, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Nice one.... I don't have any trouble with noise at ISO400, is this a crop?

Good PoV of this great little mammal...

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on April 26, 2009 at 3:57 PM
Nice vole image and very close too.
Posted by Fran French on April 26, 2009 at 4:11 PM
Nice one Terry.

Fran :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 26, 2009 at 4:18 PM
The hands are great aren't they, wonder if they would give you a wave one day. Great shot

Tim
Posted by Lee Newman on April 26, 2009 at 5:13 PM
A very good looking vole image. good choice of comp.

Lee
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on April 26, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Nice one Terry, well captured. You did well to get so close.

Greg
Posted by Terry Longley on April 26, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Phil, yes it is a crop, this is about 85-90% of the original image.

Regards
Terry.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 27, 2009 at 3:12 AM


It would appear I was wrong re the noise Terry :jump:

Andy... :biggrin: