Posted by John Robinson on October 22, 2010 at 9:28 AM
Dont get many of these! Long way off and about a 60% crop. You know how I feel about reflections
Left the green in for a bit of extra interest. Does it work?
D200
Sigma 50-500
ISO 500 250th @f8
Sharpened in czm
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Lee Newman on October 22, 2010 at 9:32 AM
Yes it works, very nice shot of this Bird in its environment.
Lee
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 22, 2010 at 10:20 AM
Beautiful detail on the Dunlin John, and the colour is stunning. I like the reflection!!!! Would prefer a more horizontal crop, which would probably take out a lot of the green. Whatever, it is still a lovely composition.
Posted by David Sewell on October 22, 2010 at 10:52 AM
There you are, John, reflections can be good
I don't think Kim is right about it being a ruff, though. Surely with that relatively long, slightly down-curved bill this is a young dunlin?
I am not a fan of the greenery on the left, the picture would be better without it.
David
Posted by John Robinson on October 22, 2010 at 11:17 AM
Sorry
It is a Dunlin - forgot to put the caption on.
JR
Posted by Ian Macdermott on October 22, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Works fro me John
Posted by Phil Shaw on October 22, 2010 at 12:57 PM
I like the composition, John, but the colour transitions on the water surface look rather lumpy. This may be due to the crop. When people are talking about crop factors I'm never sure whether they are talking about the quantity of pixels removed or retained.
Posted by Kim Connolly on October 22, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Blushing face now - sorry about the identitiy - gooing even more senile than I was before!! You left it out on purpose John.
Posted by John Robinson on October 22, 2010 at 1:16 PM
Hi Phil
I get confused myself but this one is about 60% of the full horizontal image.
Cheers
johnR
Hi John, ti certainly works in this picture, just as the reflection of the bird in the water.
Nice capture.
Posted by eric weight on October 23, 2010 at 11:39 AM
I don't think that it's very easy to get nice images of waders on this kind of shallow/water and mud, because the surroundings tend to be messy and bland. I think that the greenery improves it to be honest and puts the bird close to the margins rather than out in the middle of nowhere. I can see what Phil means about the colours though, they were the first thing I noticed on my screen and look rather like my burned out skies when I am trying to recover them with too much highlight recovery tool. Aside from that nit, it looks pretty good to me.
Presumably you've been to the seaside John or have you enlarged your drinking pool! eric
Posted by David Kjaer on October 24, 2010 at 8:02 AM
Discussion
12 repliesLeft the green in for a bit of extra interest. Does it work?
D200
Sigma 50-500
ISO 500 250th @f8
Sharpened in czm
Cheers
JohnR
Lee
I don't think Kim is right about it being a ruff, though. Surely with that relatively long, slightly down-curved bill this is a young dunlin?
I am not a fan of the greenery on the left, the picture would be better without it.
David
It is a Dunlin - forgot to put the caption on.
JR
I get confused myself but this one is about 60% of the full horizontal image.
Cheers
johnR
Well done.
Geoff.
Nice capture.
Presumably you've been to the seaside John or have you enlarged your drinking pool!
Very nice - love the soft light and colours.
David