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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on March 29, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Coot
One from yesterday at cromford.

Phil.

D300 + DR-3(angle finder) 600f4 1/1000 @ f5.6 iso 400

PP in Bibble & CS2.

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Posted by Robert Lawrence on March 29, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Fantastic Phil, I've no doubt there will be some comments about the whites (I'm only looking at a works monitor) but that would be real nit picking in my eye. Great action caught, well isolated, great detail. Just great to my eye. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Neil Burton on March 29, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Thats just brilliant, the head is blown but who the hell cares! :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on March 29, 2012 at 1:51 PM

Tricky light to handle and even more so on one of these, great for action shots though as you have demonstrated here. I think you have just enough space on the right for this comp to work and the water splash looks great, nicely done Phil.

Andy... :wavey:
Posted by Barry Southon on March 29, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Phil

Wow all action cracking image.

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Posted by Nick Mckeown on March 29, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Cracking action shot Phil. The leg on the coot looks pretty muscular doesn't it. Make a great drumstick! No nits from me whites do not look too bad on my laptop.

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Posted by keith mitchell on March 29, 2012 at 3:52 PM
Phil i think the rest of the image more than makes up for the white bit,the action and the way you have got this is great.

Keith. :smile:
Posted by Matt Cole on March 29, 2012 at 4:01 PM
very nicely captured Phil, an excellent image.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on March 29, 2012 at 4:57 PM
Hi Phil well it doesn't get any better and you know how picky I can be elsewhere. The head looks good with no blown whites IMHO, just a hint of detail there, but guess there will be a lot more in the larger version. A little Linear burn may help if required.

Looks like you are pulling things out of the bag and raising the bar, great. :toast: :toast:

TFS
Steve
Posted by Mike Smith on March 30, 2012 at 1:57 AM
One of the best coot shots I've seen

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Posted by Bob Johnson on March 30, 2012 at 7:27 AM
Very powerful action shot well handled :wink:

Bob :smile:
Posted by Malcolm Muir on March 31, 2012 at 9:18 AM
Very nice indeed - action beautifully caught.

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Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on March 31, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Fantastic image Phil, composition works very well, and whites are fine by me :toast: :toast:

Oscar :wavey: