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Canon EOS-1D X

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 1000 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 300/1

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Feb, 2019

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Wow! Great shot!

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Thanks, great to see them although a tiring night!

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Shooting a gig and noticed the guitarist lost in the moment tuning up before going on stage.

Spet 3 days in a hide near a lake with trout in it near Aviemore recently. Plenty of Ospreys about circling over, but only got 5 dives, amazing sight

Spent a few early mornings in a field with these hares in Feb-March. Pleased with the lighting on this one.

Beautiful Swallowtail Butterflys visit Norfolk in June for a short while. Was lucky with the light on the day I went to catch sight of them.

A Juvenile male I came across in Norfolk.

One of my favourite subjects, this young male had just dived in and missed a fish. I like the water on its feathers in nice morning light.

Behind The Lens

Location

This was taken at a pond in Lincolnshire, UK, using flash.

Time

I stayed in a hide overlooking a pond from 5PM to 10AM!! Tough to keep awake all night, but when the otters came in it was a pleasure to see them.

Lighting

We had 4 flashes set up around the pond, and could control weather to use them all or not. I was experimenting with backlight etc, but difficult as we had about 4 visits in the night, of about 2 mins each!!

Equipment

Canon 1DX, 300mm F4.

Inspiration

I love wildlife and to see a nocturnal creature going about his business was great.

Editing

Not much, a crop and some lighting tweaks.

In my camera bag

Canon 1DZ, Canon EOS R. Generally a 500mm F4 with a 1.4 converter, 100-400 and 24-105 lenses. A tripod and gimbal head (Although Im doing a lot more hand held now) 430 speed light and some remote triggers.

Feedback

Patience! Also keep checking settings so that when the subject does appear for a brief moment you are ready. Also, breath, as you can be tempted to hold your breath and then start shaking when you see something wonderfull in your lens, so breath and get the shots!

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