Dipper.
Managed to find a pair nesting about 500 yards from the house. Didn't know it was there !!
I wanted to get some enviromental stuff but the site is just not right. I only did them coming in towards the nest quite a way off but I couldn;t get the water effect I wanted,
Also by mistake I some how got the camera on auto ISO and ended up with stuff at 2600 ISO ! I must read the book I always have the D7100 on A priority so does auto ISO take over from shutter speed ???
I will read the book !
Theres still time but the young arequite big but I think there are only two.
D7100
iso 2000
250th @f8
Large crop 70% of frame
Sigma 50- 500mm Hide (pop Up)
Tripod
pp in PSP7 Levels /curves
Neat image.
Thanks for looking and comments on last pic.
Cheers
JohnR
John, thanks for sharing your Dipper from across the pond. Ours from the western US are similar, but a solid dark grey. I think the bg habitat nicely tells us where the little one lives. The pose and lunch in the beak are a plus. On my monitor, the feather detail appears a bit soft.
Thanks
Yes Gary no prizes in the sharp competition with this one !( Or the other 200 pics I got ! ) The accidental 2000 iso hasn't helped. The bigma will never be as good as the 300mm but the birds were just too far away as I didn't want to get too close to the nest.
I might try again today with 300 and a 1.4
Thanks for looking
Cheers
John
Overall it is a very pleasing image. Very good pose, and of course the meal in the bill is a nice touch. Good perch. Perhaps a bit less at left would work composition-wise. I'm certain a bit more sharpening after resizing will work well for web. I think the water looks great here, so even if it is not what you were going for it looks quite nice.