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woodland nuthatch

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted January 3, 2011136 views7 comments

I was trying to give a feel for where these birds live with this more open shot and I spent a lot of time messing about with apertures and the zoom to try and get it. In the end most of the decisions were made for me by the weather. I have a love-hate relationship with my tripod - I love leaving it at home, and I hate taking it with me - however I shouldn't have left it behind on this occasion as the light was abysmal all day long, hence the iso setting.

LARGER VERSION

5D2; 100-400 @ 160 mm
iso 1600; 1/80; f5,6
hand-held; spot metered; 30% cropped off for comp; minimal neat image nr

C&C most welcome

eric

Comments

7 comments

Comment posted by Jeroen Stel on January 3, 2011 at 9:10 AM

Hi Eric,

Like the way you placed the small bird in it's habitat. Perhaps you could have even placed it further to thel left for my liking but well done thinking outside of the box.

All the best for 2011!

greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Registered on November 10, 2003, 366 Posts, 481 Comments

Comment posted by Karen Summers on January 3, 2011 at 4:29 PM

I like this Eric its shows the habitat well, want to try something like this myself with these fellas

Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments

Comment posted by Bertl Menegoni on January 4, 2011 at 2:34 AM

Hi Eric,
I like what you wanted to say with this shot. But you really should have used you tripod to
achieve a bit more DOF. That would support your idea. But probably the bird would have been
too fast for setting up a tripod.
All the best for 2011!

Bertl

Registered on November 19, 2007, 24 Posts, 265 Comments

Comment posted by David Sewell on January 4, 2011 at 5:11 AM

My first thought was that the bird was too small imn the frame, but the more I look at this, the more it grows on me. I do think that placing it slightly higher in the frame would have improved the composition slightly, but no big deal.

David

Registered on September 10, 2008, 63 Posts, 801 Comments

Comment posted by David Kjaer on January 4, 2011 at 12:12 PM

Hi Eric

I like the idea but for me it doesn't quite work I think mainly because the BG/habitat is too much OOF.

David

Registered on January 4, 2006, 128 Posts, 4170 Comments

Comment posted by jack chapman on January 4, 2011 at 1:44 PM

very nice, really like the composition and setting here

Registered on January 29, 2007, 17 Posts, 74 Comments

Comment posted by Roy Bailey on January 4, 2011 at 4:34 PM

Like birds small in frame and the rusty tones.good pose on the bird and the detail is there.Good Idea to have the large image open within your site so we can have a look at your new stuff. The only pastime I have done longer than photography is angling so I have enjoyed both parts of your site equally.

Registered on November 16, 2008, 24 Posts, 486 Comments