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Yet another Water Vole + Edit

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Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 4, 2010 at 6:11 AM
Yet another Water Vole + Edit
One from another site where the habitat is a bit different. They are a bit less tolerant to having a large lens pointed at them :smile:





D700
300mm 2.8 with 1.4 TC
1/125 sec at f5.6 ISO 400
Tripod
Processed in NX2

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Posted by Matt Cole on August 4, 2010 at 6:22 AM
the peeping through the reeds look is quite effective Ian. The diagonal pale reed is a bit unfortunate and it would have been nice to see both eyes but that's the way it goes. A nice shot all the same.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on August 4, 2010 at 7:52 AM
Very nice Ian, and you can never see to many images of voles.

Phil.


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Posted by Craig Jones on August 4, 2010 at 8:06 AM
Brilliant image,the 'peek-a-boo' pose adds some much to the image Ian wonderful :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Karen Summers on August 4, 2010 at 10:06 AM
the way he is peeping through is lovely, they always make me laugh with their teeth, the light stem is a little distracting but still a good image
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 4, 2010 at 2:10 PM

It's a nice capture Ian, small nit covered.

Andy...
Posted by john macpherson on August 4, 2010 at 2:23 PM
This is really nice, and the diagonals dont bother me at all - but I'd certainly be tempted to crop that top lighter one off completely to leave the other two lower diagonals to create a sort-of laid back 7. That would place voley in the angle of the 7 and give a nice natural frame (well it does to my eyes!).
Posted by eric weight on August 5, 2010 at 2:01 AM
I like these kind of shots. They give a really spontaneous feel to an image and as long as the eye is sharp which this is they work very well for me. John's suggestion about a crop is spot on too and I think it would definitely lift this shot even higher.
:toast: eric
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on August 5, 2010 at 3:36 AM
Very nice "peek-a-boo" shot. I think John's cropping suggestion would be a really good idea. :wavey:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 5, 2010 at 6:27 AM
Thanks for all the replies :toast:

Thanks John for the crop suggestion :smile:
Posted by Jeff Harrison on August 5, 2010 at 11:53 AM
That revised crop makes all the difference Ian - nice work :toast: