Posted by Andrew Mason on November 15, 2010 at 4:31 PM
I have been waiting all year to start working with the shorties on their winter grounds. Today was my first day out with them and with luck there will be many more. Very much a work in progress.
Thanks for looking.
Nikon D3S with Nikon 600mm lens and 1.4TC.
1/1,250 sec, F5.6 at ISO 1000.
PP in LR3. Full Frame.
If that is your start I look forward to your finish Beautiful image and BG is just made for the SEO - and a meal to boot. Couldn't be better.
Posted by Austin Thomas on November 15, 2010 at 5:03 PM
Very nicely done Andrew.
The eye detail, the prey, the wing shape and overall colours / tones are excellent.
I think that a vertical crop / composition would strengthen this even more.
Cheers
Austin
Posted by John Robinson on November 15, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Very nice Ian and I think a vertical as Austin says might be worth a try to increase the impact a tad,
JR
Posted by Mark Davies on November 15, 2010 at 5:49 PM
Thats rather good ....
Posted by Ian Mason on November 15, 2010 at 5:56 PM
Great to see shorties - none for a couple of years for me . It's a lovely pose and the vole is a real bonus. I can't make my mind up on the white balance though - maybe a little on the yellow side?
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on November 15, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Wow!, what a brilliant capture
Great work.
Geoff.
Posted by Barry Southon on November 15, 2010 at 9:06 PM
Andrew
If this is the start what's the end going to be like? Brilliant.
Posted by eric weight on November 16, 2010 at 1:26 AM
That's a beauty. I am quite happy with the crop as is, but you have lots of options with this. One of the best I have seen. eric
Posted by keith mitchell on November 16, 2010 at 3:13 AM
Show us some more Andrew,excellent.
Keith.
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on November 16, 2010 at 4:27 AM
Hi Andrew
Nice start to your project - good luck from here on in. The value of project work shouldn't be underestimated as it provides the opportunity to perfect images and increases the potential to capture rare/different events.
This shot is not quite there for me; the bird would have been better placed on the right and the moment of shutter release has just missed the point at which more of the bird's face would have been visible to the camera, before it started banking away. A big plus for capturing a successful hunt though.
Cheers,
Chris
Posted by Andrew Mason on November 16, 2010 at 4:35 AM
Chris, I totally agree with you on the composition required for that perfect image, hence the health warning. Yesterday was the first visit to this site (which I guess will get very busy going forward) and it took all of the time the Shorties showed yesterday to become attuned to the way they fly. Going back today for some more. Cheers, Andrew
Posted by Chris O'Reilly on November 16, 2010 at 6:27 AM
Andrew
Good luck - I'm not envious that you have such a promising site at all!
Discussion
19 repliesThanks for looking.
Nikon D3S with Nikon 600mm lens and 1.4TC.
1/1,250 sec, F5.6 at ISO 1000.
PP in LR3. Full Frame.
The eye detail, the prey, the wing shape and overall colours / tones are excellent.
I think that a vertical crop / composition would strengthen this even more.
Cheers
Austin
JR
Great work.
Geoff.
If this is the start what's the end going to be like? Brilliant.
Keith.
Nice start to your project - good luck from here on in. The value of project work shouldn't be underestimated as it provides the opportunity to perfect images and increases the potential to capture rare/different events.
This shot is not quite there for me; the bird would have been better placed on the right and the moment of shutter release has just missed the point at which more of the bird's face would have been visible to the camera, before it started banking away. A big plus for capturing a successful hunt though.
Cheers,
Chris
Good luck - I'm not envious that you have such a promising site at all!
Cheers,
Chris
Great action shot.
Can't wait for the next installment! That's the beauty of projects.
Shaun
Look forward to more....
Lee
Paul Rosser.
Dale
Ian