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Little Grebe

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Posted by Maggie Campbell on October 29, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Little Grebe
Was out to photograph Water Voles but unfortunately the only ones that appeared close to the bank were while I has having a rendezvous with a rather unsavoury character in the carpark. Should know better at my age:biggrin: Mind you he looked ever so cute in his camo dungarees :wink:

D80
50-500
1/100s
f6.3
-0.7EV
ISO 800 (rubbish light)
Tripod

Posted by tony flashman on October 29, 2009 at 5:26 PM
Nice low level viewpoint. considering the low light and highish iso the exposure looks good on my monitor. Perhaps a tad of clockwise rotation?

Tony :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on October 29, 2009 at 5:30 PM
I think Tony is right, give this a clockwise rotation of 2-3 degrees and you have a great shot.

David
Posted by Paul Rosser on October 29, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Well Maggie, I think this shot more than makes up for a lack of Water voles. Lovely birds, cute photo! Well done.
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on October 29, 2009 at 5:45 PM
Thanks Tony and David. Don't know if this is better. I'm not too good at rotation.
Posted by Ian Macdermott on October 29, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Well its not paddling up hill anymore :biggrin:

Bit too close on the LHS apart from that not too bad :wink:

Posted by Ian Mason on October 29, 2009 at 7:05 PM
I'd love to get a shot of one of these and would be very happy indeed to have this one! Rotation in this image should be straightforward because there is a good catchlight reflection. Not sure if you're using photoshop, but if you are, you just use the ruler tool to draw a line between the two, then image, rotate, arbitrary - magic! Problem is there is often very little in the way of a reference point. 2nd post looks level to my eye though.
Posted by Lewis Thomson on October 29, 2009 at 7:51 PM

Hi Maggie,

Nice shot! The second one looks much better, although agree a little tight now on the left, impossible aren't we! :biggrin:

Cheers,

Lewis.
:toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on October 30, 2009 at 4:12 AM
Fancy calling Graham unsavoury :biggrin:

Repost looks less drunk.

In NX2 just use the see-saw tool (between rotate and crop tools) and draw a straight line between the eye of the Grebe and the eye in the reflection - it does the cropping for you too darling :wink:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on October 30, 2009 at 6:17 AM
I agree, the second post is better, but then it gets a bit tight on the left. A really nice intimate image all the same :smile:

Simon
Posted by David Kjaer on October 30, 2009 at 7:38 AM
Hi Maggie

Very nice - a tad close to the LH side but nice complimentary colours!

David :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on October 30, 2009 at 8:24 AM
Nice work Maggie, these are great little characters and you've captured this one very well. Good detail and nice POV. Rotation makes for a stronger image.

Brett :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on October 30, 2009 at 8:31 AM
Very nice grebe shot Maggie :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Phil Morgan on October 30, 2009 at 8:57 AM
Lovely capture Maggie :smile:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on October 30, 2009 at 6:41 PM
Thanks everyone for your comments and helpful tips. I did use the straightening tool in NX2 but it seemed to also crop a bit off the left of the image. Technology - but I'm getting there.

Andy I certainly wasn't referring to Graham as unsavoury - quite the opposite in fact :wink: You did look a sexy b****r in your camo hotpants though. Don't know how I kept my hands off you. Just as well I have strong willpower darling :wink: