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Dunlin Reflection

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Posted by Ian Haskell on February 9, 2010 at 7:23 PM
Dunlin Reflection
A shot from Norfolk of a Dunlin reflected in a small pool. I chose a low point of view. Not sure if I should clone out the three oof water droplets at the rear of the bird? C&C welcome.

500mm, f5.6, iso 200
Posted by David Sewell on February 10, 2010 at 5:10 AM
The trouble with cloning out the water droplets to the rear of the bird is that they can be seen in the reflection as well. This is a lovely capture of a dunlin and if it were mine I would leave it exactly as it is.

David
Posted by Jeroen Stel on February 10, 2010 at 5:53 AM
I woudl clone them out and the one at the end of the water ripples on the right
Lovely shot though !
well done!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Graham Goddard on February 10, 2010 at 6:13 AM
I really like this Ian. Good POV, nice colours and the bird is nicely isolated from the BG.

If it were my shot, I would have removed all of the droplets behind the bird and possibly all of the others as well - I find them distracting in an otherwise lovely photograph :wavey:
Posted by Ian Butler on February 10, 2010 at 6:28 AM
Great shot Ian. The angle and the birds pose is spot on. I would agree with Graham that I would have cloned out most of the water droplets aswell apart from the one on the bill. Cheers. :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on February 10, 2010 at 6:37 AM
Hi Ian,


lovely shot nice and sharp and water drops as well :toast:

Nits re cloning already covered but you may want to add a bit of CW rotation as the water is running downhill to the left :biggrin:
Posted by Philip Newman on February 10, 2010 at 7:38 AM
Super delicate shot Ian, love the low viewpoint and water drops. :wavey: :wavey:

Posted by John Robinson on February 10, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Nits covered. Good stuff.
JR
Posted by Tom Smit on February 10, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Great shot. I would not clone out the droplets because they are part of you're picture
I like it the way it is.
:toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on February 10, 2010 at 1:31 PM
Nice one Ian , go on lets have an eagle .
Posted by Paul Rosser on February 10, 2010 at 2:12 PM
Nice work, I like reflection images, and this is a cracker!
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by John Chapman on February 10, 2010 at 3:11 PM
Hi Ian, great shot as is. :toast:
Posted by Justin on February 10, 2010 at 5:37 PM
A fine shot and made all the better by the ultra low angle :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on February 11, 2010 at 6:53 AM
Lovely image with a great feel to it,love the POV and the splash droplets from the beak giving the image movement,really nice image as 'shot' :wink: :wavey: