Heritage and Woodland Festival

[Darryn]

I basically attended this for a good laugh, the flyer i got said "Civil War Reenactment", so I had to go. I managed to get a few photos im happy with, please let me know what you think.

I forgot to turn my flash off when I arrived at the Owl display. The guy in charge didnt say anything, but I dont think he was too happy.

http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/albums/HandW-Festival/HandW_Festival_25.sized.jpg

I promptly turned it off and got a bit closer.

http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/albums/HandW-Festival/HandW_Festival_3.sized.jpg

Great little character, head bobbing around all over, spotted a pigeon that could have been its dinner.

http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/albums/HandW-Festival/HandW_Festival_6.sized.jpg

I then spotted a cute little lass, with a Nikon:gag: luckily so did the attending army, 1 less Nikon snapper in the world.

http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/albums/HandW-Festival/HandW_Festival_7.sized.jpg

Saw a young mother feeding the ducks... Duck catchs a piece of bread and runs away.

http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/albums/HandW-Festival/HandW_Festival_22.sized.jpg

... then starts choking.

http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/albums/HandW-Festival/HandW_Festival_23.sized.jpg

... then spits bread out, turns out it wasnt Hovis, picky ducks around here.:cuckoo:

http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/albums/HandW-Festival/HandW_Festival_24.sized.jpg

A couple more here (http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/HandW-Festival)

[minimeeze]

Love the duck series :lol:

That first shot of the owl would have been great if it was looking at you.

[IanC_UK]

lovely shots Dreeder ! nice and sharp and well exposed ! :)

[Darryn]

Another 2 here, what are the opinions on the bokeh.

http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/albums/HandW-Festival/HandW_Festival_4.sized.jpg

http://www.dreederuk.com/Gallery/albums/HandW-Festival/HandW_Festival_15.sized.jpg

Seems a bit.... i dont know, i just dont like it. :S

[Warspite]

Nice captures - lol @ the 4th :thumbs:

[Hoodi]

hehe, there's some lovely ones there :D
The duck series is fun, but what's going on with those highlights??

As for the last two, I'd say the bokeh is distracting in the first, but not the second..

[Darryn]

I hadnt noticed the highlights in the last duck sequence shot, looking at the RAW its down to a combination of the bokeh and the fact I had to pull quite a bit of detail from the ducks underexposed face.

Untouched version (http://www.dreederuk.com/images/KX7G0598-01.jpg)

[Darryn]

I emailed these to my local BBC based rag, and was amazed to get a response, and such a positive one, they have even put them all up on a Gallery (http://www.bbc.co.uk/lancashire/content/image_galleries/towneley_festival_darryn_gallery.shtml)

[Warspite]

:clap: Well Done :thumbs: