White Throated Dipper V

[Andreas Liedmann]

Hi folks ... had a quite nice morning with the Dippers , coming really close to me . Even nicer when I realized the Dipper found a water snail right in front of me ....
It all happened in " darker shade " ...


Canon EOS R 3
RF 400 2,8 IS L + 2x TC
HH

F 6,3 ; Iso 12.800 ; 1/2000 sec

Processed with DT 4.6.1 and PSCC 2024 ; slight crop and very slight gardening in BG

Thanks for watching and commenting to my previous postings

Cheers Andreas

[Brian Sump]

A real dandy here Andreas.

For very low or "darker shade" lighting, you brought the tones out beautifully and created a nice lighting effect vs the bkg.

The snail, wow, yeah that is so nice. Great job color grading.

Only thing I can wish is for more above and less below. Otherwise, an absolute peach. Sounds like an awesome encounter!

[Jonathan Ashton]

That's the one! The contrast bewteen the dark background and foreground with the subject works in my mind better than a brighter one. Boy you have some real detail ther in the plumage, the image is pretty much noiseless in appearance. The snail adds that little extra something.

[Andreas Liedmann]

THX Brian and Jon for your kind comments , much appreciated .

@ Brian ... I hear you about the comp , sadly I have no more room at the top . I was just concentrating to keep the Dipper decently in the frame , as I had an awkward position during the shooting .... remember I was sitting in the river bed with the kit a few cm above the water .

Cheers Andreas