A trio of photographs of the critically endangered Skylark, the population of which is estimated to have dropped by up to 90% in 30 years due to changes in farming intensity. The top shot makes for a nice image, but Rape seed fields are one of the causes of the decline since Skylarks nest amongst crop fields and Rape seed grows too fast for them to complete their seven week nesting period.
The second shot has a nice natural blur vignette effect thanks to the narrow depth of field and some foreground foliage, which really focusses on the bird while still showing the surrounding habitat. The in focal plane Hawthorn Fly was a lucky bonus. Straight from camera which is always nice.
The last image is of the male Skylarks famous vertical hovering display and song, taken almost into the Sun which has lit up the edges of the wings. Shot at a high ISO as I was trying to capture them flying amongst the Rape seed fields when this one flew up. Apart from a crop and some post-production noise reduction, the image is straight from camera again.
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| ISO100, 560mm, f/8, 1/800s, -1ev, levels |
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| ISO200, 560mm, f/8, 1/1000s, -2/3ev |
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| ISO800, 490mm, f/8, 1/4000s, -1/3ev, noise reduction, cropped |
1 comment:
Apologies if this is coming through twice, blogger went nuts...
Anyway - really like these Mark, particularly the first and last.
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