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Its not raining again is it?

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Posted by Ian Haskell on November 20, 2009 at 5:46 PM
Its not raining again is it?
I don't know what it is about rain and windy conditions. They can certainly create some unexpected photographs. Nice to get some different results. The Skua in the shot showed an interesting character with the rain bouncing off his head. I found it amusing. You can kind of see what its thinking!

500f4, f8, iso200
Posted by Ian Butler on November 20, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Thats a cracker Ian. The detail in the feathers amazing especially with the rain drops. I'd love to see this one large. Great capture. :toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by John Robinson on November 20, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Greay atmosphere shot Ian. Not sure about the crop though. Can't make my mind up.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by john macpherson on November 20, 2009 at 6:54 PM
I like this. The soft (and very flattering) light you get in these sort of inclement conditions is wonderful. And the eye contact really lifts this too, but the streaky rain and drops off its head are great. Nice one Ian!

If I was to offer a minor crit it would be (personal opinion) to crop the line of veg at bottom to throw more emphasis on the main subect. But that said I can easily live with it as is.
Posted by Fran French on November 21, 2009 at 2:17 AM
Possibly a square crop would work too? But I am not sure :confused:

But that said, I like this very much. Adverse weather conditions can give some very nice results as you have proven here! Great stuff Ian.

Fran :toast:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on November 21, 2009 at 4:47 AM
Really like this. Nice soft light and it tells the story well :toast:
Posted by Edwin kats on November 21, 2009 at 4:49 AM
I like this very very much :wavey: Great comp to include the rain. Nearly perfect. Maybe clone out the white dot on the right?

Love it,

Edwin Kats

Posted by Nigel Blake on November 21, 2009 at 4:49 AM
Works for me just as it is; lots of room for a title at the top too!
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on November 21, 2009 at 6:57 AM
Good to see some atmosphere in a shot Ian :wavey:
Posted by Craig Jones on November 21, 2009 at 8:04 AM
Lovely image with bags of atmosphere captured,would like to have seen it in Landscape mode to Ian if you have it :confused: very nice :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Des Ong on November 21, 2009 at 9:54 AM
Like this one Ian, good light and atmosphere.

Des :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Ian Mason on November 21, 2009 at 3:35 PM
Sums up recent conditions here perfectly. I like this a lot and I agree a landscape crop would also work.
Posted by Robert Lawrence on November 22, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Like it, the diagonal rain streaks really sum up the conditions.
Robert
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on November 23, 2009 at 1:43 AM
Very nice image with great atmosphere. :smile:
Posted by Kim Connolly on November 23, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Amazingly clear considering the rain, the bird is beautiful, the eye and feather detail on the Skua superb. The perfect setting too.
Posted by keith mitchell on November 24, 2009 at 2:50 PM
That captures the scene beautifully,excellent image.
:toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Ron McCombe on November 24, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Great picture showing the bird well and the weather detail.

Reminds me of a trip to Shetland, pouring rails and clod in the middle of summer