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Pretty in Pink

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Posted by Mike Andrews on January 15, 2010 at 6:42 AM
Pretty in Pink
Late afternoon at Welney, with the bird flying into the sunset.

Nikon D3 with Nikon 600/F4. 1/400 sec at F4, ISO 400, EV 0. Cropped to approx 75% of original, and some extraneous ducks cloned out. There was such a small area of clear water that it was pretty much wall to wall birds of one kind or another.

All C&C welcome please.
Posted by Andy Gregory on January 15, 2010 at 6:46 AM
Well caught, beautiful lighting. I can only strive to achieve an image as good as this! :toast:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on January 15, 2010 at 7:03 AM
Some lovely light on the bird and nicely composed. You did well to find an uncluttered shot by the sound of it!
Posted by Graham Goddard on January 15, 2010 at 7:27 AM
absolutely lovely - my only very slight nit would be the apparently sloping water, but looking again, it may just be an illusion ? Is that ice in the BG ? :toast: :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on January 15, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Very nice Mike,lovely light and pose captured :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 15, 2010 at 8:50 AM
Very nice action shot with gorgeous light. :smile:
Posted by John Stuart-Clarke on January 15, 2010 at 1:38 PM
Gorgeous for all the reasons stated above. You could flip it so that the flight is from left to right but really, why bother... :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on January 15, 2010 at 4:07 PM
Very nice light indeed.I'd love to see a larger version of this one. I agree about the impression of the water sloping a little.
Posted by Mike Andrews on January 15, 2010 at 4:21 PM
The line in the bg is in fact the edge of a sheet of ice.

Thanks for the comments. :toast:
Posted by Liam Pauling on January 17, 2010 at 3:03 PM
Lovely image, such great light and I love the flight pose.

:thumbs:
liam.