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Legging it!

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Posted by Phil Shaw on July 24, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Legging it!


Eurasian Badger (Meles meles) – Essex.

Nikon D3, 200-400/f4 + 1.4x, Gitzo .
Manual exposure mode f6.3 ;1/250, iso 3200.
RAW image processed in Capture One; sharpened in Photoshop CS5; noise reduction using Noiseware Professional Imagenomic; full frame.

I shot this image at a shutter way below that at which I would be relatively confident of getting something sharp, so I guess I’m lucky that my panning speed just about matched the motion of the cub. No flash used.
Posted by Dale Sutton on July 24, 2010 at 2:23 PM
That is one cracking shot Phil, love it.
Dale :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 24, 2010 at 2:26 PM
Very cool :cool: :cool:

Dave :wavey: :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on July 24, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Excellent panning technique, resulting in a fine image. Reminds me of the Eadweard J. Muybridge galloping horse sequence, maybe you should try it with badgers.:smile: :wink:

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Posted by Karen Summers on July 24, 2010 at 2:59 PM
This is a great image sharp and I agree excellent panning
Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 24, 2010 at 6:29 PM
Not a lot wrong with that Phil :toast: :toast:


Posted by John Robinson on July 24, 2010 at 7:58 PM
Very different and well done !
More space left asking too much ???

JR
Posted by Justin on July 25, 2010 at 2:57 AM
A fine shot. :cool:

Excellent website Phil. The fox images, in particular, are spectacular. :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 25, 2010 at 3:41 AM
Nicely done Phil, the motion and panning has created a very nice feel to the overall image, well done. :toast:

Steve :wavey:
Posted by Phil Mclean on July 25, 2010 at 6:37 AM
Echo Steve's comments on a very good action image.

Phil. :toast: :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on July 25, 2010 at 8:36 AM
Phil you caught up with this one spot on!
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Keith.
Posted by Maggie Campbell on July 25, 2010 at 11:21 AM
Worked very well Phil. Nice to see a different pose of a Badger. :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 25, 2010 at 12:00 PM
I'm very surprised to see only 11 comments on this given how difficult this would be to achieve, so here is number 12.
An excellent shot, rarely seen and captured with no little degree of skill. It's full frame so no comments from me about extra space as I'm assuming it was shot at the short end of your zoom :smile: Great as it is but I would be tempted to maybe just warm it up a touch. I would be absolutely delighted to have taken this. Nice one.
Posted by David Sewell on July 25, 2010 at 12:39 PM
Your panning technique is excellent. The extra space on the left would be great, but I would be proud to have taken this exactly as it is.

David
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on July 25, 2010 at 1:32 PM
Hi Phil

I agree with David, if this is a crop then the composition would be enhanced by allowing space for the badger to run into. Other than that, this is a fresh looking badger image excellently executed. Very nice.

Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Calum Dickson on July 26, 2010 at 4:32 AM
Superb Phil.

:toast:
Calum
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 26, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Fantastic image. :smile:
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 28, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Very Nice Phil.

Ian