Dipper on sunlit rock
20D, 365mm, f5.6,1/160sec,ISO 1600
Was trying out flight shots on the Dippers when for a moment the sun shone like a spotlight on this rock and the Dipper happily obliged. In the original the only colour is the brown breast, and although the whites are hot etc I loved the 'spotlight' effect - I've always thought these guys could work well in b/w but never seen a situation/shot that warrants it - does this work?
Cheers
Mark
p.s. On another note, this nest will hopefully have the chicks out and about by the weekend and the other one I'm watching is also going strong - thankfully no interference from humans like that witnessed at other sites so far
If you could gently dodge/lighten the dark neck region it would help delineate the subject from the background more - then it will really work. At present the dipper is merging too much into the background, but I really like the pool of light /reflection
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4 replies20D, 365mm, f5.6,1/160sec,ISO 1600
Was trying out flight shots on the Dippers when for a moment the sun shone like a spotlight on this rock and the Dipper happily obliged. In the original the only colour is the brown breast, and although the whites are hot etc I loved the 'spotlight' effect - I've always thought these guys could work well in b/w but never seen a situation/shot that warrants it - does this work?
Cheers
Mark
p.s. On another note, this nest will hopefully have the chicks out and about by the weekend and the other one I'm watching is also going strong - thankfully no interference from humans like that witnessed at other sites so far
Well caught with the bugs in its beak.
Lee
If you could gently dodge/lighten the dark neck region it would help delineate the subject from the background more - then it will really work. At present the dipper is merging too much into the background, but I really like the pool of light /reflection
A bit different to the norm and an image with good impact.