Low light III

Gallery: AvianPosted January 29, 2010231 views20 comments

American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus

For now this is the last in my low light series. This was taken in June of 2008 at a local county park in Florida near where I lived.

This is a big crop, only 25% of the original image due to my belief of staying well away from young chicks, I will take a larger crop than usual so I don't stress the parents or the chicks.

This was processed on purpose to retain the low light present at the time the image was created.

D200, HH, f5.6, 1/160, ISO 320, 80-400mm VR at 400mm, natural light. A small amount of NR applied to the background.

This oystercatcher chick was about 2 weeks old at the time the image was made. The sun had not yet risen above the trees to the east.

As always, I sincerely appreciate your comments & critiques, thank you for looking.

Comments

20 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on January 29, 2010 at 5:46 PM

Very nice Mia. I love the pose of the little one and the great low angle. The detail in the bird is great as is the grouping of beach shells and vege. I think the low light works well here. I assume that the BG is a wave coming in to the beach?

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Comment posted by Giorgio Gregori on January 29, 2010 at 5:56 PM

Original image, describing very well the world of the subject ( as always , low angle pays ) . The comparison between dimension of oysters and chick is impressive. I like also pastel tones.
Giorgio

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Comment posted by István Molnár on January 29, 2010 at 6:00 PM

Cool photo.Love the soft light and soft colors!
István

Registered on January 7, 2010, 114 Posts, 704 Comments

Comment posted by Steve Balke on January 29, 2010 at 6:48 PM

It's fun to see the chick in the company of empty shells, Mia. Wonderful composition. It's interesting that even at 2.6 MP (25% of 10.2 MP) I still see enough detail to consider this a very fine image.

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Comment posted by dan elster on January 29, 2010 at 7:10 PM

What a bizarre(ina good way) looking chick...I've never seen one. Typically well executed.

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Comment posted by KC Choo on January 29, 2010 at 8:00 PM

In a word, "Nice!"

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Comment posted by Dan Harbour on January 29, 2010 at 8:28 PM

Amazing detail at this crop. And HH 1/160 at 400 mm, you have a steady hand.
Great pose and the shells add interest and show the habitat. I like the way you have reproduced the feel of early morning low light. Great low angle puts me on eye level with the chick.
Very nice.

Registered on January 4, 2008, 113 Posts, 2416 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on January 29, 2010 at 9:17 PM

How sweet. I love your comp as well as your low angle. The light is soft and pleasing as well as the bg. I never seem to see these chicks. I must look more often

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on January 29, 2010 at 10:13 PM

Very nice. I love the head-on view and the low angle. The shells add tremendously to the composition.

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Comment posted by Jay Martin on January 29, 2010 at 10:40 PM

Agree with all that has been said, but have to add that I also love the stance that you caught!

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Comment posted by Loulou Beavers on January 30, 2010 at 6:14 AM

Nice low angle shot, good pose of the bird.

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on January 30, 2010 at 8:25 AM

very cute, I like the pose and the shells are really nice. very good techs.

Another good series. These have been a good wake-up for me. Living in sunny AZ, I tend to leave the lens cap on if it is cloudy or "bad" light. I need to start seeing images in different kinds of light.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on January 30, 2010 at 10:48 AM

Love this. What an adorable photo. Those are some funny looking legs.

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Comment posted by Ed Dubois on January 30, 2010 at 11:50 AM

This shot makes me smile every time I look at it Mia. Thanks for that. The broken shell on the right keeps fooling me into thinking this chick's got one enormous foot.

Registered on February 22, 2005, 129 Posts, 4739 Comments

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on January 30, 2010 at 2:56 PM

The shells and pose add a lot to this shot Mia, thanks for sharing the info about not approaching the young bird too closely, well done.

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Comment posted by Wayne Willison on January 30, 2010 at 4:50 PM

I've never even heard of an oyster catcher. Good find, Mia.
The low angle works well here, shows off those knobby knees and its over all non-plused expression like, who cleaned out all these shells?

Registered on April 10, 2009, 292 Posts, 3967 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Archer on January 30, 2010 at 8:46 PM

Super Cute

Sweet photo Mia!!!

Ken Archer

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on January 31, 2010 at 12:47 AM

My what big feet you have! Like, as always, tthe low perspective and the bank of reeds in the background.

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on January 31, 2010 at 9:20 PM

This is like a little masterpiece. "Still Life with Bird, Clam and Seaweed" I think shots like this must make you miss Florida once in a while.

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Comment posted by Simon Bennett on February 1, 2010 at 3:19 AM

Along with the chicks cute engaged, gangly pose I find the elements of the midground add considerable interest

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