Recently spent some time with some very accommodating Turnstones, of which most go round bullying each other for what the other has found, therefore I was pleased to get this one on his own. On reflection (sorry) perhaps a bit too central, but...
...easily corrected.
Steve
MKIII 1/1250 f/6.3 ISO 200 (FF, Pod & Whimberley head)
Posted by Austin Thomas on April 27, 2010 at 3:56 AM
Lovely angle and reflection Steve. I think it could stand a tighter crop personally, shifting off centre, as it looks to have bags of detail.
Cheers
Austin
Posted by Mark Davies on April 27, 2010 at 4:44 AM
A catch 22 me thinks here .Too high and the bird blends into the BG , too low and the reflection diminishes .A good compromise here .I agree with Austin a slice off the right to lose the red RH stone .Super light and great detail
Lovely colours and detail looks good. Reflection is nice too. It feels somehow a little "bunched up" somehow in the middle. Maybe a lower angle would have separated the bird from the stones?
Posted by David Sewell on April 27, 2010 at 4:52 AM
Nit been covered, including by you, otherwise a delightful image.
a lovely image. If it were mine I think I would crop a bit off the right and I'd also be tempted to lose the dark strip at the top of the image. But still very attractive as it is.
Matt
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 27, 2010 at 11:39 AM
Bit off the right and it'll do fine Stevo - they're never this accommodating for me
Posted by Mark Green on April 27, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Cracking, Love the colours in this, its got a HDR feel about it, nice contrast.
Posted by Calum Dickson on April 27, 2010 at 1:42 PM
There were so many composition options with these very obliging Turnstones, in fact as I remember sometimes they were too obliging and nearly walked over the top of us. I’m pretty sure you have many different compositions from the time we spent there. What I didn’t realise at the time was how the light was working different coloured reflections round the pool depending upon where you were set up. My reflections are all largely a silvery blue, but I think I much prefer this silver olive colour that you have. Bags of detail in there
Calum
Posted by Paul Rosser on April 27, 2010 at 2:07 PM
Nits covered. A fine shot, very nice!
Paul.
Posted by Kim Connolly on April 27, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Just stunning. No nits from me.
Posted by Phil Mclean on April 27, 2010 at 2:13 PM
Composition nit covered but still a very nice colourful,detailed image.
Phil.
Posted by Ron McCombe on April 27, 2010 at 2:49 PM
It works for me as is but its one of those images where we could have several compositions that all would work.
For me bit I like the most is the reflection as the Turnstones head blends in very nicely with the stones, but with the reflection we have a very nice clean view of it..
Discussion
14 replies...easily corrected.
Steve
MKIII 1/1250 f/6.3 ISO 200 (FF, Pod & Whimberley head)
Cheers
Austin
David
Matt
mark.G
Superb colours and complementally background
Calum
Paul.
Phil.
I like the reflection and the strong tones
Ron
It works for me as is but its one of those images where we could have several compositions that all would work.
For me bit I like the most is the reflection as the Turnstones head blends in very nicely with the stones, but with the reflection we have a very nice clean view of it..