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Little Grebe Pano

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19 replies
Posted by Matt Cole on March 22, 2010 at 5:35 AM
I thought this one suited a panoromic format, not least because the reflections were very different at the top of the image.

Canon 7D with 400mm lens at f5.6, ISO 400. Full frame in terms of width but cropped top and bottom.

It's best viewed a bit larger so here's a 1100 pixel version.

All C+C welcomed.

Matt :toast:
Posted by simon manning on March 22, 2010 at 7:26 AM
Nice image Matt, looks a little soft to me thought !

Simon
Posted by Matt Cole on March 22, 2010 at 7:30 AM
thanks Simon. The original is pin sharp so I perhaps didn't sharpen enough after resizing. I'm always wary of oversharpening and probably sometimes tend to undersharpen as a result.

Matt
Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 22, 2010 at 7:50 AM
Hi Matt,

very nice shot and lovely colours in the water.
Posted by Terry Whittaker on March 22, 2010 at 8:04 AM
Really nice. I like the way the bird is sat in a ring of ripples.Is my imagination or does it need a slight AC rotation?

Terry
Posted by Phil Mclean on March 22, 2010 at 8:05 AM
It's probably all the soft feathering around around that huge rear end :biggrin: that makes it look a little softer than it is.The head is pin sharp.
Really nice image,Matt.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on March 22, 2010 at 9:27 AM
Excellent pano shot. Very nice indeed.

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Posted by Bob Cox on March 22, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Very nice, the 1100 version looks enough sharp to me around the head but the rear looks a litte soft.

Bob.
Posted by Jeroen Stel on March 22, 2010 at 9:54 AM
Lovely warm tones and the look back pose works well here.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Jeff Harrison on March 22, 2010 at 10:05 AM
Very nice Matt and the pano effect works well - minor nits covered :toast:
Posted by Andy Gregory on March 22, 2010 at 10:33 AM
Great shot Matt, :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 22, 2010 at 11:46 AM

Good image Matt, looks sharp enough to me !!. But then again my last post was soft :biggrin:

Andy...
Posted by Paul Rosser on March 22, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Lovely image!
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Heath McDonald on March 22, 2010 at 2:17 PM
Very nice shot, Matt. I think this definately suits the pano, to get more of the concentric rings from the grebe into the image, really like the lighting and warm tones too.

regards

Heath :smile:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on March 22, 2010 at 5:08 PM
Nice one Matt. Agree the pano suits the image well. Colours and reflection are lovely.
Posted by Philip Newman on March 22, 2010 at 6:37 PM
Simple but very effective - love it. :toast:

Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on March 23, 2010 at 5:15 AM
I like this one a lot. The pano sutis the image very well. Great pose and lovely colours. :smile:
Posted by John Chapman on March 23, 2010 at 6:39 AM
Hi Matt, Super shot. :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on March 23, 2010 at 3:52 PM
many thanks for the comments

Matt :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on March 23, 2010 at 5:44 PM
This is one of those images that it takes me a time to understand what I feel could be better, but I have a feeling that moving the grebe to the L therefore including the final part of the ring ripple on the R would make it more "complete" - an opinion...