Dipper

[Rich Steel]

Hi

A photo from my recent lunch hour sessions trying to photograph dipper on a stream near the office. I am always amazed how easy it is to walk past one depsite their incredibly bright white breast which is not good when you only have about 20 minutes camera time!

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k217/squidfish_2006/dipper_2010_3_2_.jpg

Taken with 1DmkIV with 1.4TC at ISO400 F7.1 at 1/640s -1EV.

Cheers

Rich

[Jeff Parker]

That's an attractive bird. The contrast is tough, shooting at lunch. With this image I would think about cropping some from the bottom.

[Axel Hildebrandt]

Great way to spend the lunch break. I like the setting, head angle and eye contact and would try to get more details in the blacks at the lower body.

[Doug Brown]

Love the low angle, eye contact, and detail. With the Mark IV, you should be able to recover quite a bit of detail in the darks. For birds like this you might consider adding 1/3 to 2/3 of a stop of exposure; you'll get more detail in the blacks and can easily pull back the whites in post-processing.

[Joe Senzatimore]

A bit off the bottom would make this fine image even nicer.

[Rich Steel]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Being out in the midday sun is not ideal but better than sitting in the office!

Cheers

Rich