Virginia Rail on the run.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Same individual as my previous post. This guy stood still for a couple of seconds and was looking towards our left. I had it composed nicely with the rule of thirds with lots of space in front of it. Just as I pressed the shutter he darted that way but turned its head towards our right. I was left with a comp that was too tight in front of the bill and lots of open space behind. I basically added canvas and took the space at left and dumped it at right using a large brush clone tool. I then used the patch tool to eliminate the "seam". A bit more PP manipulation than I usually do, but I liked the pose so much...so why not "save" it!! The blurred foot gives it a sense of "sudden movement":)

Canon 40D + 100-400L @235mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/250s., f/7.1, ISO 800, +0.7 EC, natural light, handheld, audio used.

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w98/dancad/tn_VirginiaRail_5875-01.jpg

[Brian Barcelos]

Daniel this one is stunning! Love the blurred foot and HA, He looks like a running back jooking the defense. The BG is great and I never would of known you added canvas. Congrats.

Brian

[Raymond Barlow]

pretty amazing detail for that amount of movement @ 1/250 sec., cool shot, but the "cut grass" doesn't provide a good environment imo.

[Randy Stout]

Daniel:
Very nicely done, the pose makes it special. Nice post processing work as well.

Cheers

Randy

[Ramon M. Casares]

That pose is very funny, the blurred foot works for me as the rest is so sharp, nice low angle, light, pose, comp, detail, BG and colors. Congratulations!

[Ilija Dukovski]

Very cool capture and story. The clone job is superior. Didn't notice anything.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi Dan, how much do you pay your "model" rails to pose for you. Super low angle, and the pose says it it all. I like the softer light in this, and pin sharp. I would like to know if a slightly darker BG would work.

[Mark Dumbleton]

This is super! Love the composition and movement in the foot. Definately worth saving!
Well done.

[Ilija Dukovski]

I'm looking at it and if you didn't tell us I would never have guessed that there's major cloning job here.
Again, great work.