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Another Slow Dipper

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Posted by Kevin Lewis on April 15, 2006 at 7:19 PM
Taken in N. Wales. This is one of a pair in the area and they have just started gathering nesting material :)

Full frame, 1/15 second @ f8 iso 400 raw
Canon 20D
Canon 600mm f4 is usm
Processed in C1 Pro and CS2. It looks like there is a blue cast to the image but I think the balance is accurate ??
Posted by Antony on April 16, 2006 at 1:53 AM
Hello Kevin

For me, this image is not doing much - the birds throat seems a bit lost in the glare of the river. I look forward to more images though as these are one of my favourite birds.

I'm not sure that there is a cast - at least not on my laptop screen.

Regards
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 16, 2006 at 4:19 AM
Hmmmm, the background does seem to have odd colours, I think it is to confused for me to busy.

Tim
Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 16, 2006 at 6:11 AM
I think it is the pose of the bird that lets this image down,The water behind is very bright and do with a touch of shadow/highlight which would tone it down,A good effort but not quite there for me
Posted by Paul Schröder on April 16, 2006 at 8:21 AM
Background looks a bit odd and to busy. Nice try though. Like the low angle.

Paul

NL/Rotterdam
Posted by Kevin Lewis on April 16, 2006 at 3:12 PM
back to the drawing board :) but I haven't finished with these guys by along way lol

Thank you for the comments, they are all appreciated
Posted by Justin on April 17, 2006 at 6:27 PM
A good attempt but the colours of the water look a bit strange,very cyan.
Hopefully you'll get some further oppurtunities.