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Another Badger

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 12, 2006 at 6:57 AM
Another Badger
I found an old dug up tree stump last week so my wife and i managed to move it close to my feeding area and for the last few days have been putting some food and peanut butter in various nooks and crannies,Last night i decided as the food was going that i would give it ago,Within an hour of setting up a badger came out and staright to the stump and spent an hour checking every part and giving various positions and poses,I mangaged 35 shots of which 10 are keepers-my best session yet
Canon 20D 70-200f2.8 4xEX550 Flashguns
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on June 12, 2006 at 8:07 AM
Hi Dave,Think this may be better than the last , nice colours in this one

Baz :toast:
Posted by PhilH on June 12, 2006 at 8:33 AM
Hi,

Like it, would prefer a slight lift of the head, just to clear the snout from the stump though (sure you have them...) Also I think I would lose some from the bottom so that the stump loses that placed there look (does that make sense?), I like the flowers in the bg apart from the brighter one about half way down the badgers backwhich could be cloned out or toned down just a shade....

Still a lovely image of a great looking animal.

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Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 12, 2006 at 8:56 AM
The badger is sniffing where the peanut butter was placed,It was the pose i was after however i have this one which was one of the next frames
Posted by PhilH on June 12, 2006 at 9:00 AM
Knew you would have one.... :toast:

Posted by Helge Sorensen on June 12, 2006 at 10:23 AM
The second one is my favourite, keep them coming! :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on June 12, 2006 at 1:14 PM
Your making me jealous... where did you get the hire a tame badger.. :wink:

T
Posted by Sean Bolton on June 12, 2006 at 2:07 PM
Hi Dave

Both excellent shots, I prefer the second shot with the improved eye contact.

A good setup and use of the old tree stump. Also very good use of the flash. Are you configuring your flashes manually or using the ETTL thingy to work it all out for you? Either way it is doing a good job.

:toast:

cheers

Sean
Posted by Clive_S on June 12, 2006 at 2:51 PM
Great images and some excellent use of flash. :toast:
Posted by Colin Pickett on June 12, 2006 at 2:59 PM
Hi David, I like both the images here but I think I prefur the first. got any more?

Regards :toast:
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 12, 2006 at 4:00 PM
They are both great, never seen these alive in the wild, also a good learning experience to see what can be done with a flash or four.

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Tim
Posted by Justin on June 12, 2006 at 4:07 PM
Another cracker.That tree stump makes a superb prop.Particularly like the inclusion of the flowers in the background.
I like both images equally.
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Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 12, 2006 at 6:18 PM
Flash guns set at ETTL at 105mm,2 flash to the front one high-5ft full power and one low 1ft the low one set at -1 or sometimes with stofen and the 2 back ones full power,Just got back from tonights session 45 more images to go thru-cant believe it
Posted by John Varley on June 12, 2006 at 7:46 PM
Lovely couple of shots Dave, I like the second one best. I find you lighting experiments very interesting.

John
Posted by Mark sellings on June 13, 2006 at 3:43 AM
Keep em coming - love the series of shots (Grebes, foxes, badgers) you have been posting from Switzerland - great work and must be hella fun to be seeing this stuff!

Mark