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Sanderling

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 29, 2009 at 9:29 AM
Sanderling
Sanderling, photographed on the North Norfolk coast, thanks for looking.

Procesed in DPP / CS2 ( slight crop and two distracting worm casts removed, shame about the blown whites too, should have stopped down a touch more :frown: )

Has the removal of the two worm casts made the shot too sterile, what do you think ??

1D3, 500F4IS+1.4T/c, Gitzo, Wimberley
1/1250th @ F8 -1/3rd Ex-comp iso200

All comments welcome

Andy... :smile:
Posted by David Sewell on September 29, 2009 at 9:52 AM
Despite the small blown areas there is still plenty of detail in the whites. A nice, clean image that I personally would be proud of.

David

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Posted by Tim Munsey on September 29, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Lovely shot Andy, the bird looks super on the dark sand.

Tim
Posted by Justin on September 29, 2009 at 10:02 AM
Hi Andy,

That's a really nice portrait.
The whites look perfect on my screen.
I think the removal of the worm casts was a good choice in this instance putting the full emphasis on the bird.

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Posted by Lee Newman on September 29, 2009 at 11:39 AM
Superb image, The bird stands out very well against the dark sandy bg, nice details & comp too. The whites dont look too bad on my monitor.

Lee
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Posted by Chris Johnstone on September 29, 2009 at 11:50 AM
Brilliant! Whites are fine. Love the shadow.

Chris
Posted by Maggie Campbell on September 29, 2009 at 1:01 PM
Very nice image indeed. Lovely detail. Whites look okay on my monitor. Not sure if I would prefer a little more room on top and a little off the bottom - but maybe that isn't possible. Still an image I would be proud to have. :wavey: :jump:
Posted by Fran French on September 29, 2009 at 2:15 PM
I like this very much Andy! The whites appear ok on my monitor too, but would like to have seen a little more room at the top. Superb detail and great low pov.

Fran :toast: :toast:
Posted by Steve Race on September 29, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Fantastic image Andy. Whites look fine to me, I would say it looks better with worm casts taken out, puts more emphasis on the bird. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on September 29, 2009 at 3:06 PM

Looks top knotch as it is to me Andy, nice one!

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Dave Bartlett on September 29, 2009 at 3:48 PM
Very nice clean image. Love the colour palette too :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 29, 2009 at 3:50 PM
Very nice shot young sir :toast:


Nice low POV and sharp where it counts :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 29, 2009 at 4:34 PM

Thanks for the comments guys :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Graeme Lee on September 29, 2009 at 7:17 PM
Superb Andy. whites look ok on my crappy monitor :wink:

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Posted by Craig Jones on September 29, 2009 at 8:11 PM
Lovely portrait of these fast birds,great detail and pose captured here,very nice Andy :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by jack chapman on September 30, 2009 at 2:44 AM
very nice, a good clean portrait, hard to comment on the wormcasts without having seen them but you probably made the right decision as the simplicity of this image is what works
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 30, 2009 at 12:51 PM
Hello Andy.

Very nice and clean image with good detail.

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on September 30, 2009 at 5:07 PM

Many thanks to those who took the time to comment on this one, cheers :toast:

Best regards

Andy... :wavey:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on September 30, 2009 at 6:05 PM
Hi Andy a great looking image.

Phil.

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Posted by Mark Davies on September 30, 2009 at 6:24 PM
That'll do nicely. :toast:
Posted by Danny Green on September 30, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Hello Andy

Looks good from this end got to love this beautiful wader. Cracking shot.

Danny :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on October 1, 2009 at 3:15 AM
Very crisp shot showing all that wonderful detail in this lovely bird!
Good angle too!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Ben Gardner on October 1, 2009 at 4:15 AM
nice image just wonder if it could do with a very slight clockwise rotation?
Posted by Andy Shepherd on October 2, 2009 at 4:17 AM

Thanks once again for the comments chaps and chapesses :toast:

Best regards

Andy... :smile: