Lady In Red

Discussion

6 replies

Posted by Andy Stunell on August 4, 2010 at 1:26 AM

Taken from a permanent hide set up on private land whilst waiting for the Voles to appear.

This is full frame and has had a slight tweak on the levels

D3S
400MM F/2.8 + 1.7TC II
ISO 1000
F/5.6
1/320
-0.7 EC
Aperture Priority
Spot Metered

Posted by Mike Smith on August 4, 2010 at 2:14 AM

Too big in the frame for my tastes and a shame about the sunflower husk

Messy background doesn't phase me as you are drawn to the eye.

I'm not sure that the portrait format works in this instance; a landscape orientation using the eye/sight line may have been better

- but that all depends on what is happening left of frame

Posted by Craig Jones on August 4, 2010 at 4:27 AM

I love the 'Seen/Heard you' pose you have captured here Andy,the size in the frame reflexes the image for me as he came to close and heard your shutter,the OOF foreground adds a sense of peeking into the life of this subject for me.I love seeing behaviour captured in wildlife and that makes this image for me

Posted by Simon Phillpotts on August 4, 2010 at 5:02 AM

Large in the frame but I don't imagine there's much that could be done about that. I'd have actually cropped a touch off the top to lose some of the darker background. A nice intimate image however

Posted by Matt Cole on August 4, 2010 at 5:20 AM

would benefit from a bit more DOF and being a bit smaller in the frame but you get what you can! Still an attractive image.

Matt

Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 4, 2010 at 6:26 AM

An attractive shot Andy

Nits covered already

Posted by Andy Stunell on August 4, 2010 at 6:42 PM

Thanks for the crit and advice again guys, really appreciate people taking the time to help out.

As for being too large in the frame, there wasn't much i could do about this as i didnt have time to remove the TC and could not move backwards

Simon, i tried taking a little from the top as suggested, i agree it improves the shot

Thanks again guys