Hi Guys, I took this one cold morning last year while waiting for a sunrise over the swan river in Perth... This little fella was flat out getting breakfast. I like the reflected sky in the water and the perfect head angle... Still having trouble with my keyboard, but used the 500F4 + MK4, F4 @ 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, sitting on my tripod and Wimberley head. Full frame. Processed in CS 6 using the (new) NIK software DON
This is such a unique image. It really helpatty that the water was mirror like and gave you such a nice reflection. Your image needs a little bit of CW rotation. The best way to see it is to line up the water splash in front of the bird with its reflection. You will see that is that the splash is not on a straight line with reflection. Would love to see some more of these images in this light and lovely water.
Thank you Marina. It never occurred to me that I could use the reflection for establishing a level, still learning at BPN... I have rotated the reposted image to make it 'level'. There are a few others like this, and some with just the back end of the coot disappearing underwater. DON
Thanks Guys... Has taken me a while to realise the potential of this image and it was only because I started playing with the my new NIK software that it became a little more obvious to me. (its the guy thing... OK?). Marina, I do have others but the bird had moved further down the river and the sky does not reflect in the water as much... still has the nice collar splash though. Will play more and post if I think they are worthy....thanks again, DON
Coot at Dawn..
Still having trouble with my keyboard, but used the 500F4 + MK4, F4 @ 1/1000 sec, ISO 1000, sitting on my tripod and Wimberley head. Full frame. Processed in CS 6 using the (new) NIK software DON
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