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Marsh Harrier

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Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on April 20, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Marsh Harrier
Thanks for the comments on my last image. This was also taken at Minsmere, from the Island Mere hide early morning. I had made the considerable effort (for me! :biggrin:) to get up so I could get to the reserve for dawn in the hope that I could get some more shots of the Bittern, but it didn't appear, so I concentrated on the Marsh Harriers that were flying over the reedbed. Because they rarely strayed close to the hide, I tried to get some images of them and the landscape.

Techs:
Nikon D300s
Nikon 200-400mm f4 VR
Tripod
F5.6
1/250s
ISO 800

Please view large; thanks for looking

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by PhilH on April 20, 2012 at 2:40 PM
Lovely image Oscar, the 'layers' really draw your eye in and as you say to needs to be viewed larger... nits, I am not too fond of the '10x8' crop, but that is really a personal thing... I do think that a little bit of selective contrast increase of the bird alone will help it stand out even more but that is so minor it hardly counts as a nit....

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Posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 20, 2012 at 2:42 PM
Oscar, I like the habitat/environment look & feel, but would reduce the blue in the misty BKG to a more cooler grey to give it that raw, bleak, damp, early morning feel.

TFS
Steve
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on April 20, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Thanks Phil, I cropped it like that to show the oof band of reeds at the front, and I wanted to make sure that I kept enough space at the top. I don't have any more space on the left, and I thought that if I had left more space on the right, the bird would have been too central. If I had more space on the left then I would use it though.

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Nick Mckeown on April 20, 2012 at 3:48 PM
Very atmospheric shot Oscar. Perhaps reduce the blue as Steve has suggested?

Nick. :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Jeroen Stel on April 20, 2012 at 3:50 PM
Agree on the comments concerning the blue tone but other then that this is very atmospheric and a wonderful bird in landscape shot.

greetings,

Jeroen Stel
Posted by Ian Macdermott on April 20, 2012 at 5:18 PM
Works for me Oscar :smile:

Maybe tone the blue down as suggested :smile:
Posted by David Sewell on April 20, 2012 at 5:24 PM
Has a great early morning feel to it. I think I side with the majority on reducing the blue a bit.

David
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on April 20, 2012 at 6:18 PM
Thanks for your comments. I am not sure about toning down the blue sky as it is the mist which is causing the colour I think, and so I would have to tone down all of the mist. Would this still be worth doing?

Oscar :wavey:
Posted by Kim Connolly on April 21, 2012 at 8:34 AM
I like this very much, as it is, a super composition. :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 21, 2012 at 11:07 AM

An excellent piece of work, Oscar. This type of photography really appeals to me, small in frame is a winner as far as I'm concerned.

Andy... :wavey:
Posted by Graham Goddard on April 22, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Lovely as is Oscar :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on April 23, 2012 at 2:04 AM
Beautiful image. I like it a lot. :smile: