Mirror, Mirror. Common Tern 7Dmk2 icm 400mm 5.6
Very close to home (5 min. walk) we have a reservoir. I think 5 years ago they have build small islands on that reservoir for nature purposes only. The result is stunning. Each year over 1000 birds come over from Africa to those small islands for the breeding season. It actually is the biggest colony from Belgium.
The location is a very difficult spot for photography but...
The key ingredients i was after. No wind (for the mirror effect), Excellent light by sunset, and a very coöperating bird that would drink in fly by. (they drink while flying low over water)
Of course close enought so i could see good detail on that elegant flyer.
To be honest it took me like years and over 5000 's of shots that were far from good. I had some i was happy with but not what i had in mind.
One evening it all came together.
Common Tern having a drink
They sometimes fly by and make a splashing of water with their beak. This results in superb action photography.
I still feel i can do better with the drinking image and action image. I will try again for sure. But that will be coming summer :)
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IN .... CRED....I..... BLE!!!!
oh i love each and every one!!!!! tip!
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Glad you like these :) You really encourage me to go out again and make more images. it's been a while now. Good vibes you give me woman.
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I'm not a photographer... i can only saw what I like! hahahaha I don't know technical terms or rules of photography..(as you saw when you looked at my photo of... shhhhh. we won't say anymore. we must be proud of it! hahaha) BUT. i can say what I enjoy! :) and i really like the way that you capture the feeling in each photo!
and i'm glad that i'm encouraging you! When i first started on steemit (long time ago - left - came back) I CLEARLY remember the people who took the time to let me know that they were moved by things that I posted. It's important that we support people! (and you are easy to support because your talent is real!!!)
Keep the vibes flowing! hahahaha
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Hi @olivierc! You have received 0.1 SBD tip + 0.01 SBD @tipU
from @dreemsteem :)
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Wow Olivier, this is great stuff! I think the last one is the most interesting one, since it's not exactly in the middle. In my opinion the object shouldn't be centerd.
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Thanks so much for your reply.
Indeed, i do quite understand. The object should not be centered to make the image more expressive. True. But....What if the image is not cropped. Should i increase my image and paste it with blue so i can crop and place my object where i would love to see it ? I could do that.. but I'm not into that... I do think many will do it.
Rules can be broken. It is how i present my image. You can call it 'taste'. :)
From the second image i'm not that satisfied. Here i could make a crop and place it more on the right. I did that. But. it looked ugly. really . it did. This was the best i could make from it. But i had that drinking shot. The pose is not good working with.
The third one is okay (composition). But is also a crop and it does has less detail in it so IQ is not that good. As you can read in my thread those 2 images could become much better (hopefully in future) that's my view.
Dank je voor je antwoord en gedachten.
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No worries.
Of course it is a matter of taste. I do like your work even though you can improve the. I tried this once or twice as well, but my lenses are not good enough. Less zoom and less light equals shitty photos. Are you going to post more in this subject?
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For this species you actually need good light a fast telephoto and a fast (sports) camera. For static images your gear will do fine. But when they start flying.... Trying to lock on or see one bird that approaches for a drink out of +-300 that are airborne. It often is crazy. You have to be so concentrated to catch one. When i come home after the sunset i still hear those bird crying in my head. it's pretty overwhelming. From time to time they all fly up and then you see actually +1000 birds airborne no way possible for a photograph.
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Those are fantastic. My husband loves bird watching and I love photography so I can appreciate how hard you may have worked for those!
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Thank you so much for your reply. It's often hard to make the image you would like to. With much effort and love sometimes one can achieve it. thx
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Great share ...thanks...
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Thx. Glad you liked it.
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