Stock Dove

[John Robinson]

Stock dove in quarry puddle.

D200 Sigma 100-300mm
640ISO
350th @f9
Contrast/ev down 1 in camera
Roughly full frame
Processed Paint Shop Pro levels etc.
One of 5 Pool Hides/ Tripod
Farmland.

PS
This is in a redstone(the local geology) sand quarry and the ground really is that colour.! causes no end of " colour cast comments "
Cheers

John R

[Colin Driscoll]

Good shot, the action has been well captured for only 1/350.

[John Robinson]

Thanks Colin (Was just off to bed!) yes the speed is actually quite fast for me ! A lot of my other pool stuff is often at 1/80th sec !! Pigeons are easier because of their size so you can get away with more.(or less ) speed. Its amazing how bathing birds may be acting frantically but their heads aer often very stationary
Thanks for bothering to lookand coment.
Cheers
John

[gail bisson]

Hi John,
I like the action portrayed and all the water droplets.Nice head turn towards you.
I wish the large OOF area in the FG was not there and would crop a healthy chunk of it off.
The light was quite harsh as well which makes for heavy shadows and a contrasty image.
I feel that there is a greenish color cast to the dove but am not 100% sure as I have not seen this bird IRL.
Gail

[christopher galeski]

nice capture John,like the frozen water dropsand good detail,I too see a slight green cast on the bird.TFS.

[John Robinson]

Thanks
Repostchecked in Bibble Pro
Slight adjustment

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image in pull. Beautiful bathing pose with nice HA, beautiful colors and flash of water.
Re post has addressed the color cast issue. Does it need CC rotation or my illusion?

Regards,
Satish.

[John Robinson]

Tanks all
Satish - you could be right but the slope of the front bank may not be helping. easily fixed.
Thanks
John

[Kirk Benson]

Lovely image John and your adjusted repost looks spot-on.

Congratulations on the February Theme 2nd Place honor... well done.