Dunlin

Discussion

9 replies

Posted by tony flashman on September 10, 2009 at 6:32 PM

One from a couple of weeks back.
It was amazing just how close you could get to these birds if you took your time. After an hour of edging forward, I was in among the flock and could have reached out and touched them. I had to shoot birds that were a little further away due to the closest focusing distance.

Nikon D3
Nikon 200-400mm +1.4tc
640th sec
f16
640 iso
about 66% of full frame.

Cheers

Tony

Posted by Duncan Armour on September 11, 2009 at 3:45 AM

Great fieldcraft Tony. might be tempted to slice a little more off on the LHS to remove the triangle of darker less well-focused feathers in the lower LH corner but it's a marginal call.

Posted by Craig Jones on September 11, 2009 at 5:38 AM

Love the composition here make's the image IMHO,the detail/light is stunning and just rewards for your hard work in getting this close and not easy edging forward for an hour!, well done on this very different,lovely image Tony

Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 11, 2009 at 7:16 AM

Beautiful shot Tony and well done for getting so close

Posted by Barry Southon on September 11, 2009 at 9:15 AM

Tony

Exceptional detail well worth the effort.

Posted by Graham Goddard on September 11, 2009 at 11:16 AM

Take the 1.4x off then

nice work Tony.

Posted by tony flashman on September 11, 2009 at 1:19 PM

Graham, what will taking the TC off do to the closest focusing distance?

Tony

Posted by Guy Rogers on September 11, 2009 at 4:10 PM

Hello Tony.

Lovely detail and nice eye contact.

Posted by eric weight on September 11, 2009 at 4:23 PM

That's really good. Great detail, excellent bg and I like the way that the eye lines up with the back and leads the eye down through the shot. Really good work.

Eric

Posted by David Sewell on September 14, 2009 at 8:58 AM

Great fieldcraft and an equally good result. These closest focusing distances are a real bind aren't they?

David