Chilean Flamingo

Les McLean

Les McLean

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Taken the other day on Harewood Estate.

I'm particularly pleased with this shot, mainly because of the light, especially it's luminosity, I carefully metered the shot-using an average of 5 spot meter readings from the flamingo, also I wanted it's reflection included, and the swirly blue of the water-what I'm not so sure about is the darker patch at the top of the water, tried everyway I could to avoid, but couldn't get round it.

Still, I'm chuffed with the finished image :)


Canon 1Ds MKII, 120-300mm F2.8 +2.0TC 1/640 sec @ f6.3, ISO200

Larger image link included:


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http://www.lesmclean.co.uk/Harewwod1/VK0I7387.jpg
 
DiddyDave said:
I like it as a tighter crop without the reflection - soz

Like this...

[DD
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I see whare you are coming from-and I took a few without the reflection-but the focus of this image was the reflection. But I appreciate we all see things differently. :)
 
Lovely colours and capture - I do prefer the tighter crop though!

There is a dreamy quality about this image :)
 
Nice photo, just a shame the reflection isn't slightly lighter
 
visualisetheworld said:
Nice photo, just a shame the reflection isn't slightly lighter
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I agree, but I wanted the exposure on the bird, if I'd hedged my bets and tried to balance the exposure with the reflection, I would have lost some of the luminosity of the feathers-so something had to give. :)
 
i like this les. well taken

i like both the original and the crop. the thing is with the reflection you can always crop tighter . if you never had it .:thinking: then well you would not have the choice..

md(y)
 
monkeydave said:
i like this les. well taken

i like both the original and the crop. the thing is with the reflection you can always crop tighter . if you never had it .:thinking: then well you would not have the choice..

md(y)
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True - but if you eventually decide on the crop - you've lost half your precious pixels if you didn't also shoot it as a crop (assuming you could of course)

I heard a corker from a pro tog a couple of years ago who had the Canon 16mp thingey - said he ALWAYS shot (Weddings) in landscape and just cropped to portrait when needed - as 8mp is enough

Interesting reason to not spin a camera 90 degrees

:wacky::wacky::wacky:

DD
 
Like both.
DDave you are a man wise beyond your years (You are twelve - aren't you ?).
 
Rockshifter said:
Like both.
DDave you are a man wise beyond your years (You are twelve - aren't you ?).
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Hmmm... insult or joke... thinks...

Oh what the Hell

:LOL::LOL::LOL:

and just in case

:razz::razz::razz:

DD

PS - most who know me suggest an apparent age of around 15-18
 
lovely colour, prefer it with the reflection
 
DiddyDave said:
I heard a corker from a pro tog a couple of years ago who had the Canon 16mp thingey - said he ALWAYS shot (Weddings) in landscape and just cropped to portrait when needed - as 8mp is enough
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I like both versions, of course the shot had to be there in the first place cropped or not ;)

LOL this DD, makes you wonder why he bought a 17mp camera if an 8mp one would do ? ;)
 
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