Gallery: AvianPosted December 11, 200997 views4 comments
Torrington Ct. 12/11/09
Canon 50D, 100-400mm @400mm, 1/100s @ 5.6, -33, ISO 320.
Gitzo tripod w Arca Swiss ball head.
Late afternoon shot. Any constructive comments welcome.
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4 comments
Comment posted by Greg Cope on December 11, 2009 at 10:57 PM
Love the upside down pose. Overall the image seems a tad soft (perhaps from slow shutter speed vs fast bird movement?). The lighting seems incredibly difficult here, with the white background and side lighting, and given the result you managed it very nicely
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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on December 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Bruce,
I like that you captured the bird in a pose that I would expect from a nuthatch, I love to see them creeping up and down trees.
The bird does appear soft to my eyes, which might have been from the slow shutter speed and the bird's movement. I may have increased the ISO to get a touch more shutter speed.
Nice work getting a catchlight in what seems to have been a challenging light situation.
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Comment posted by Sally King on December 12, 2009 at 2:11 PM
I too love the head down pose. That slow of ss is hard on a fast moving bird like this.
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Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on December 12, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Nice pose of the subject. It seems a bit soft unfortunately.
D&L
Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments
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4 commentsI like that you captured the bird in a pose that I would expect from a nuthatch, I love to see them creeping up and down trees.
The bird does appear soft to my eyes, which might have been from the slow shutter speed and the bird's movement. I may have increased the ISO to get a touch more shutter speed.
Nice work getting a catchlight in what seems to have been a challenging light situation.
D&L