Hogweed, specular highlights and the right moment...

Inspired by yesterday's shoot, I return to the same spot on the Dorset Stour to either improve on what I already have, or, more likely, come up with something different. It is surprising the variety of images that can be made at one location, using a different optic or a different mind set.

I am busy creating photographs where the lens adds significantly to the overall effect - either by stacking plains upon each other, or producing indistinct, out-of-focus areas and specular highlights, when I happen to turn at precisely the right time.


At that moment the Grey Heron flew in and perched on the fallen tree trunk. It remained for less than a minute, before dropping to the ground; judged the potential for a meal, and then flew off out of sight. Although not a frame-filling shot, it does portray the bird in its natural environment - something often lost when using super-telephoto lenses - and is just as valid a 'wildlife' photograph as when the subject dominates the frame.



300mm f/2.8 AF-S VR Nikkor with TC-14EII converter. Monopod

Top: 1/1250 second at f/11. ISO 400
Middle: 1/1250 second at f/5.6.  + 0.33 EV compensation. ISP 250
Below: 1/1250 second at f/5.6. - 0.67 EV compensation. ISO 400



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