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Moorhen and Bottle

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Posted by Ian Mason on October 29, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Moorhen and Bottle
1D2n, 600mm f4 is x1.4, 1/400s, f7.1, iso 200

It took me a while to work out what was attracting this bird's attention. It turned out to be an upturned plastic bottle. Add to that a supermarket trolley, a partially submerged football and a few plastic bags and it's surprising that the pond is flourishing as it is. Man and nature interacting......

LARGER VERSION
Posted by jeff acreman on October 29, 2009 at 4:29 PM
hi ian

love the shoot, great pov, with all the refuge (bottle/s, trolly/footbal and such), sounds like typical british landscape - sadly, however not taking anything away from your subject great colour, detail and image

jeff acreman
Posted by Ian Haskell on October 29, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Nice POV and lovely lighting too.

Ian
Posted by tony flashman on October 29, 2009 at 5:28 PM
Your images are one of the reasons I dont bother with waterfowl!!! I couldnt compete!!

Tony :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on October 29, 2009 at 5:49 PM
Another stunning image Ian. POV, composition and lighting all perfect. :wavey:
Posted by Rob Ashton on October 29, 2009 at 5:57 PM
Beautiful image Ian. If you hadn't explained the bottle I would never have figured it out. Nature always seems to overcome mans indiscretions (although we do try to make things difficult).

Rob :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on October 29, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Another superb shot Ian :smile:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on October 30, 2009 at 6:15 AM
The Moorhen looks lovely, but I think if the bottle was in the same plane of focus this would have greater impact and really tell a story.

Simon
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on October 30, 2009 at 6:35 AM
Agree with Simon's observation re the bottle but good to see this type of image on the forum.

Wish I could find a site that allowed this PoV :mad:

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by David Kjaer on October 30, 2009 at 7:40 AM
Your pond with the right light makes all your images a bit special!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on October 30, 2009 at 8:27 AM
Another great image from you but I also join the opinion that there is not enough focus on the bottle to offer anything extra to the image and therefore becomes a little distraction. I think there is a good story to be told in shots like this just need a little more emphasis on the bottle/rubbish. That said, everything else is up to your usual benchmark.

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on October 30, 2009 at 8:29 AM
Composition is brillant and the colours and detail are stunning, I really like the comp :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Mark Davies on October 30, 2009 at 1:59 PM
you've captured some wonderful light again here .Getting good at these ain't we .LOL another cracker
Posted by Paul Rosser on October 30, 2009 at 6:09 PM
I agree, superb lighting, and a great low view point. Many congrats ona very pleasing image Ian!
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on October 31, 2009 at 6:06 AM
Hi Ian
Missed this earlier. Wonderful shot. Low angle really works on this one too.
Good stuff.
JohnR
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on October 31, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Hats off, congratulations Ian
:wavey: Bertl