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GreyHen in Frost Laden Heather

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Posted by Tom_W on May 7, 2006 at 5:14 AM
GreyHen in Frost Laden Heather
This was one of the first shots of the morning at about 5.00am. It was a bit of a 'hit and hope' as the light was in the pre-dawn stage - i.e. I could see the bird but the camera had to be manually focused. The Hen was moving very slowly between the heather and once in a clump was still - so I look my chances :wink:

1/3 of second @ 800asa @ F2.8
Manual Focus, Eval+2/3
300mm/Tpod/hide
Full width,Levels, USM(150,0.2,1)*3, a bit of colour balance to get rid of the heavy blue cast to a lighter blue pre-dawn cast.

Posted by Elliott Neep on May 7, 2006 at 5:28 AM
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful. Now that would look great on the wall! Well done, Tom. Pano crop works superbly.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 7, 2006 at 5:29 AM
1/3 of second @ 800asa @ F2.8 amazing to get anything,Lovely image the pano works well,Sure looks cold :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 7, 2006 at 9:55 AM
Great shot from the night shift man. I wish I could see this much much bigger, looks terrific.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Peter Barritt on May 7, 2006 at 11:10 AM
astonishing photo Tom, particularly with that shutter speed. excellent :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on May 7, 2006 at 2:07 PM
Hi Tom
a very nice picture and I agree with the other comments.
John
Aberdeen :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on May 7, 2006 at 2:47 PM
Love this composition. Very creative. :toast: :toast:

Graeme
Posted by PhilH on May 8, 2006 at 4:28 AM
A stunner..... Have you had your 1DsII converted to pano? :biggrin:

I really like this has a great sense of atmosphere.

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Sean Bolton on May 8, 2006 at 12:10 PM
Hi Tom

Superb shot. :toast:

The pano format works well and the colours are great, the blue tones in the frosty heather work a treat and provide an excellent contrast to the hen.

Technically excellent too and one of the best examples of low-light nature photography I have seen. A good demonstration that you should never give up because of 'bad light'.

Well done, great work.

cheers

Sean