Steve Kaluski
07-20-2011, 10:54 AM
Firstly I have only posted this as there was some interest in our British hares and this is very much in the category of 'work in progress' and this image normally would not event get this far!
I have been working on a Little owl project, which, along with others is going very slowly at present Mr A Thomas :bg3:, however whilst waiting for them to surface either from their nest or from hunting, occasionally I am joined by other friends who locate the area, deer, foxes and these guys. Having been sitting for over three hours suddenly this hare appeared, the wind direction was right and he slowly made his way down. No time to check or change the gear, or position as this was shot from the roof of the car with the old 2x, hence partly the poor IQ. You can see prior there was a heavy rain storm. There is a better one showing his rather matted coat, but I preferred the pose/expression, so this is very much in the 'story board' to get & nail properly.
Good luck with yours Jonathan.
Steve
Subject: Wet hare head on, squatting, paws raised (Lepus europaeus)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500/f/4 2x MKII bean bag on car roof
Exposure: 1/250s at f8 ISO400 0 stop compensation
Crop: Cropped for presentation (original capture portrait)
RAW convertor, exported to Adobe PS: Levels/Curves/Brightness/Own colour mix/USM
I have been working on a Little owl project, which, along with others is going very slowly at present Mr A Thomas :bg3:, however whilst waiting for them to surface either from their nest or from hunting, occasionally I am joined by other friends who locate the area, deer, foxes and these guys. Having been sitting for over three hours suddenly this hare appeared, the wind direction was right and he slowly made his way down. No time to check or change the gear, or position as this was shot from the roof of the car with the old 2x, hence partly the poor IQ. You can see prior there was a heavy rain storm. There is a better one showing his rather matted coat, but I preferred the pose/expression, so this is very much in the 'story board' to get & nail properly.
Good luck with yours Jonathan.
Steve
Subject: Wet hare head on, squatting, paws raised (Lepus europaeus)
Location: UK
Camera: Canon MKIII
Lens: 500/f/4 2x MKII bean bag on car roof
Exposure: 1/250s at f8 ISO400 0 stop compensation
Crop: Cropped for presentation (original capture portrait)
RAW convertor, exported to Adobe PS: Levels/Curves/Brightness/Own colour mix/USM