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Nuthatch in Flight

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Posted by Dale Sutton on April 14, 2010 at 4:58 AM
Nuthatch in Flight
Thanyou for your comments on the stick, have to learn a little more on PS.
Taken With high speed flash.
1dm3
100mm macro
Infrared trigger from Woods elecronics
Im using High voltage high speed flash from highspeedflash.com
Posted by David Taylor on April 14, 2010 at 5:20 AM
Shame about the ring as it draws my eye to it, but a superb capture nonethless.

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on April 14, 2010 at 5:48 AM
Superb flight capture. Composition is spot on and the overhanging branches help to frame it really well. You must be well chuffed with this one Dale.
Posted by Karen Summers on April 14, 2010 at 6:24 AM
great shot Dale well caught
Posted by Adam Seward on April 14, 2010 at 7:02 AM
Excellent shot Dale, one that Stephen Dalton would be proud of I reckon. It is a shame about the ring, but would be possible to remove in photoshop. The other leg is a potential source of leg grafting material. What flash are you using?
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Posted by Dave Bartlett on April 14, 2010 at 7:57 AM
Certainly very well captured. It would be interesting to hear more of the set up.
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 14, 2010 at 9:56 AM
Processing looks a bit flat, but what a capture Dale - that's some awesome technique you've got going on there :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on April 14, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Its certainly one of the better flashed images about and looks as natural as could be .Super technique
Posted by Andy Gregory on April 14, 2010 at 10:52 AM
A superb shot Dale but the head and chest look a bit soft to me. A stunning image none the less, keep them coming :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on April 14, 2010 at 12:09 PM
Shame about the leg iron but still a very nice image.

Phil.

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Posted by Guy Rogers on April 14, 2010 at 12:34 PM
Hello Dale.

Great capture and technique and I like the use of the pine branches to give us more interest in the image.

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 14, 2010 at 2:23 PM

Super capture Dale, I've never been able to get my head around flash photography, high speed or otherwise so hats off to you.

Andy...
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on April 14, 2010 at 7:05 PM
Cracking image, just a touch more work on contrast and sharpening would really make this outstanding.
Posted by John Robinson on April 15, 2010 at 2:59 PM
Nits covered, and a great backdrop.
JR