Pine Siskin

Gallery: AvianPosted April 18, 2010185 views3 comments

I've just restarted doing some bird pictures. Here's a Pine Siskin that visits the feeder. I use a 400mm lens on a Canon 40D. I simply like the precise form of the feathers. Cropped. And, yes, I'm still dreaming of longer lenses. Thanks for any comments.
Tim Stenning - Port Angeles, Washington

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Comment posted by Sharon Hallowell on April 18, 2010 at 8:59 PM

Nice view of the back of this bird. Maybe just a little tight around the tail area with this crop, and I'm seeing a lot of noise in the green bg. Some noise reduction in those areas would help. Your exposure is very good and I like the amount of detail you have all over the bird. Sharon

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on April 18, 2010 at 9:56 PM

I agree with Sharon on the noise. The tight crop under the tail doesn't really bother me though.

Peter

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Comment posted by Tim Stenning on April 19, 2010 at 2:09 PM

Thanks all for the c/c. Of course, the Pine Siskin is not the most dramatic bird, but I have them out the back door. BG Grain: well, if there is bg grain, wouldn't there be foreground grain also? And how does one alter grain selectively? My real problem is not having a lens that gets me closer to full frame. And, I wonder if the Canon D5 MkII would give a better blow up image than 40D even thought the subject is much smaller in the frame??
I might go for a lens extender. Tim

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