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Low key WTE - just for Nick...

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Posted by Andy Astbury on July 21, 2009 at 4:16 AM
...seeing as he doesn't go out of his way to look at them any more :jump: :biggrin:

Taken at around 10.45PM, subject flying straight into the setting sun presenting a huge subject brightness range.

Guestimate manual exposure, matrix -8 stops.

D3
200-400 f4
ISO 400
1/8000th @ f7.1
14 bit RAW

Thanks for looking :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on July 21, 2009 at 4:21 AM
Nice... perhaps the best I have seen of this species.

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Posted by Justin on July 21, 2009 at 4:37 AM
A good moody, atmosperic image. :cool: :toast:
Posted by Peter Cairns on July 21, 2009 at 5:10 AM
Andy

Brilliant. Nothing more.
Pete
Posted by Tom_W on July 21, 2009 at 5:28 AM
Well visualised.. nice, special and reasonably unique shot.

T
Posted by Matt Cole on July 21, 2009 at 5:31 AM
very impressive Andy. Great technique and very well processed.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on July 21, 2009 at 6:36 AM
Now that's a corker!!! :cool:

Happy shooting,

Paul
Posted by Jeroen Stel on July 21, 2009 at 6:40 AM
Stunning Andy!
What a gorgeous light and artistic shot!

Well done!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on July 21, 2009 at 7:16 AM
That's got to be my favourite WTE image so far. I just love the way the eye has been caught. I bet it looks great at full resolution.

Simon :toast: :toast:
Posted by Danny Green on July 21, 2009 at 7:39 AM
W :eek: W thats a bit special Andy your best shot I have seen from you, sea eagles have been done so well and I hear a lot of photographers saying they wouldn't do them because of that reason but this shot proves a point that you can always come up with something different. Top stuff.

Danny :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on July 21, 2009 at 8:14 AM
Superb lighting and a wonderful image - very different too. :toast:
Posted by Nick on July 21, 2009 at 9:02 AM
lol - I'm not looking... honest :biggrin:.

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Posted by Paul Hillion on July 21, 2009 at 10:26 AM
That really is something very special Andy :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on July 21, 2009 at 11:28 AM
Hi Andy

Well seen and executed - love it!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on July 21, 2009 at 1:54 PM
Think I have seen this somewhere before Andy but looks every bit as good second time round. Brilliant. :biggrin: :toast:
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 21, 2009 at 2:27 PM
Nice work Andy.

Ian
Posted by Rene de Heer on July 21, 2009 at 3:33 PM
Love it Andy, very different and very effective!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Liam Pauling on July 21, 2009 at 4:18 PM
Amazing shot, the bird really stands out and is so different from the norm.

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Posted by Mark Davies on July 21, 2009 at 6:34 PM
loved it when i first saw it , no reason to change my mind here.A corker.
Posted by Ian Mason on July 21, 2009 at 7:50 PM
This is a stunning image, but I'm having a problem viewing it on my monitor for some reason. When I look in the normal position, I can't see detail in the blacks. However, when I look from an angle, it really comes to life and I can see silvery grey clouds, and much more detail in the wing tips. I have looked several times now and concluded it needs to be viewed against a black background rather than the standard light grey - amazing difference. It really is a cracker and I think we will be seeing a lot more of it in the future.
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 22, 2009 at 10:37 AM
That's really quite special Andy..

Nice work,

Brett :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on July 22, 2009 at 3:18 PM
Plenty of atmosphere here Andy, really like this approach :smile: