Posted by David Sewell on November 17, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Image taken on: Fri Oct 12, 2012 14:55
Focal length: 600 mm
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO speed: 1600
White-balance: Auto
Flash: No
Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model: D600
Exposure mode: Aperture priority
Exposure compensation: 0 EV
Metering mode: Pattern
I'm very caught up in calendar production at the moment, especially after my printer blew irretrievably yesterday and had to be replaced at short notice. Looking at the weather outside today, I am not missing a lot anyway.
Here is a shot from our local water vole hotspot taken just before we went to Borneo in October. Taken with the tripod in the stream, and sufficiently low to the water that I had to use a right angle viewfinder to see what I was doing. Tricky at the time (I am not that bendable), but it seems to have worked.
David
Posted by keith mitchell on November 17, 2012 at 11:19 AM
David it worked very well!your finished image looks very good to me.
Wish it was mine.
Keith.
Posted by John Robinson on November 17, 2012 at 11:42 AM
Good one David. NIce setting. Maybe needs the tiny ,tiny,tinyest bit of right rotation. Unless my monitor is bent
No big deal though. Just being nitty.
JR
Posted by Phil Ellard on November 17, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Looks cracking to me
Posted by Paul Whippey on November 17, 2012 at 3:30 PM
I would agree on a slight CW rotation of around 0.75, plus a slight crop either side with the vole more to the left, with a third water, 2/3rds above. I would also look at the blue coming through too, gives a cleaner image IMHO.
TFS
steve
Steve
Posted by Nick Mckeown on November 18, 2012 at 12:04 PM
Cracking "Ratty" image David! Agree on slight CW rotation nit, easily sorted if you so wished.
Nick.
Posted by David Sewell on November 18, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Thanks for the comments, everybody. I have followed the suggestions made, and here is the revised shot. Thanks for the suggestions, and especially to Steve.
David
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on November 18, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Repost much better David, superb shot
Oscar
Posted by Dawn Monrose on November 18, 2012 at 12:22 PM
Lovely image, I really like the way he's peering out from his hidey hole. Great capture at such a slow speed - well done!
Posted by Kim Connolly on November 18, 2012 at 12:31 PM
A really fabulous shot, superb timing David.
Posted by Nick Mckeown on November 18, 2012 at 1:16 PM
Nick.
Posted by Phil Ellard on November 18, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Tighter crop does suit the image
Posted by Bob Johnson on November 19, 2012 at 8:22 AM
The tighter one does it for me, nice one
Bob
Posted by Barry Southon on November 19, 2012 at 4:49 PM
Discussion
15 repliesFocal length: 600 mm
Shutter speed: 1/60 sec
Aperture: f/5.6
ISO speed: 1600
White-balance: Auto
Flash: No
Camera make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera model: D600
Exposure mode: Aperture priority
Exposure compensation: 0 EV
Metering mode: Pattern
I'm very caught up in calendar production at the moment, especially after my printer blew irretrievably yesterday and had to be replaced at short notice. Looking at the weather outside today, I am not missing a lot anyway.
Here is a shot from our local water vole hotspot taken just before we went to Borneo in October. Taken with the tripod in the stream, and sufficiently low to the water that I had to use a right angle viewfinder to see what I was doing. Tricky at the time (I am not that bendable), but it seems to have worked.
David
Wish it was mine.
Keith.
No big deal though. Just being nitty.
JR
I would agree on a slight CW rotation of around 0.75, plus a slight crop either side with the vole more to the left, with a third water, 2/3rds above. I would also look at the blue coming through too, gives a cleaner image IMHO.
TFS
steve
Steve
Nick.
David
Oscar
Nick.
Bob
Second image top quality.
Ian