Good start to 2004 - published for the first time
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Well, it's happened at long last - I've been published 
is now being used by the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust to promote a link up with NFU Mutual insurance.
Not my best heron picture I thought but both the format and the colours matched what they were looking for. Image is only about 6*4 but that's not the point - I've done it for the first time.
Oh and BTW it's not like I've got a heron fetish it's just that they really don't mind you getting close
Julie & I were out just after Christmas at the WWT Barnes and got these two images as well;
1. Taken with 300mm across a small pond. I had pre-focussed on the heron and was waiting for something interesting to happen and got this one.
2. Same morning just a little earlier. We had about 1/2 an hour of that lovely magical light you can get in the winter. So rich and bright. This heron was busy standing grooming in the sun just asking for a portrait to be taken.
Chris
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:30 - oh bu**er can't get the image to link correctly
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:33
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:35 - now got the important one working - yipee
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:44
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:46
is now being used by the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust to promote a link up with NFU Mutual insurance. Not my best heron picture I thought but both the format and the colours matched what they were looking for. Image is only about 6*4 but that's not the point - I've done it for the first time
. Oh and BTW it's not like I've got a heron fetish it's just that they really don't mind you getting close
Julie & I were out just after Christmas at the WWT Barnes and got these two images as well;
1. Taken with 300mm across a small pond. I had pre-focussed on the heron and was waiting for something interesting to happen and got this one.
2. Same morning just a little earlier. We had about 1/2 an hour of that lovely magical light you can get in the winter. So rich and bright. This heron was busy standing grooming in the sun just asking for a portrait to be taken.
Chris
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:30 - oh bu**er can't get the image to link correctly
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:33
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:35 - now got the important one working - yipee
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:44
>>> Edited by CVP on Monday 10th January 09:46
joust said:
I love the colours in that first one, really vivid and very appropiate and a great sense of depth.
Did you "fiddle" with the image in PS or similar, or is that as you took it. If the latter, then that's a seriously good shot!
J
The first one is just cropped to take out a reed coming into frame at a very odd angle and then sharpened a bit.
We were very lucky as we were really looking out for Kingfishers and then this particular heron walked very slowly through the reeds less than 10 yards away. As we were within a well established hide it ignored us completely and this gave plenty of time to really think about the composition.
The other two are as framed but then sharpened and a very small bit of contrast adjustment (+4 ish on the slider). The contrast adjustment does seem to enhance the colours and make it look like you have used the saturation slider.
Chris
No worries. Natural history and landscapes seem to be the only things I can photograph well. People I'm simply terrible with, I make everyone look like a monster and despite my passion for cars and photography I can't seem to make good images of cars. I only have one or two pictures I'm really happy with.
If you fancy improving your natural history photos you could do worse than try two of the WWT (www.wwt.org.uk) sites. One at Barnes shouldn't take you long too get to early on a weekend from your neck of the woods and the one at Arundel would be a nice drive in the Marcos There's lots of species at either site and you can very close to a lot of them as they are quite used to being looked at.
Chris
If you fancy improving your natural history photos you could do worse than try two of the WWT (www.wwt.org.uk) sites. One at Barnes shouldn't take you long too get to early on a weekend from your neck of the woods and the one at Arundel would be a nice drive in the Marcos
There's lots of species at either site and you can very close to a lot of them as they are quite used to being looked at. Chris
CVP said:Yep - the quality of the light at the moment can be fantastic! I can't understand people who complain that winter is too dull and boring for photography - it's just the opposite!
We had about 1/2 an hour of that lovely magical light you can get in the winter. So rich and bright.
btw - congrats on getting published, they are great shots!
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