Andy Rouse's Flickr page

[minky monkey]

He's just put some of his shots on Flickr. As someone with a keen interest in wildlife photography, I think there's some awesome stuff on there.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyrousephoto/

[CarMac]

And he's a very nice chap to boot!

[//dean]

Great find! He has some astonishing photos

[MartinP]

Thanks for sharing that. Have been a fan of his work for some time.

[fathomfive]

Wow, there are some stunning shots there.

[rottie102]

Blimey, he likes his penguins...
Great shots nevertheless...

[14-7]

Some great photos on his FlickR page.

[minky monkey]

TVR Moneypit said:

Very dissapointing.

I thought you meant this Andy Rouse;

Sorry about that...

Edited by minky monkey on Wednesday 22 September 10:35

[corkythecat]

TVR Moneypit said:

Very dissapointing.

I thought you meant this Andy Rouse;

so did i(DOH)

[Yellabelly]

Not to take anything away from such a talented photographer but, there are some strange elements at work

look at this image on the first page http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyrousephoto/501451...

How do you acheive that straight from the camera, also the dipper stands out most unnaturally from it's background and is slightly too well defined, there is a halo around some of them!

YB

Edited by Yellabelly on Wednesday 22 September 13:29

[itsnotarace]

Yellabelly said:

look at this image on the first page http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyrousephoto/501451...

How do you acheive that straight from the camera, also the dipper stands out most unnaturally from it's background and is slightly too well defined, there is a halo around some of them!

ND filter, long exposure. The bird is simply captured going in and out of the water so it's movement looks a bit odd.

[Yellabelly]

Thanks Ross, suspected as much but why would he show that in his set when all of the other dippers are sharp as a sharp thing. I just felt it odd to have that in the set. Obviously he takes a long exposure background then frames up for the bird, softens the background and then merges the image erasing for the dipper! touch of HDR in there as well?

YB

[CarMac]

He likes to take pictures that are sometimes not 'the norm'!

[jimmy156]

Yellabelly said:

Thanks Ross, suspected as much but why would he show that in his set when all of the other dippers are sharp as a sharp thing. I just felt it odd to have that in the set. Obviously he takes a long exposure background then frames up for the bird, softens the background and then merges the image erasing for the dipper! touch of HDR in there as well?

YB

I would agree, the dipper in all of the shots where the background is blurred must be from a second shot, taken with a much fast shutter speed. It would take a speed of below 1/30th to blur the water like that i would have thought. From doing a lot of bird photography myself, i cant see a bird (especially a dipper!) being sharp at the speed. However if anyone could do it, it would be andy rouse he is very talented and i enjoy reading his page in AP every week, full of good advice!