Big head or what !

Gallery: AvianPosted February 11, 2011144 views13 comments

Hawfinch
This is the second shot I got. The bird is 5 feet in front of the camera. This shows the advantage of not having a low view point. As the angle of the bird is on a similar plane to the camera it is easier to get more in focus in the bad light conditions at the time,and with average equipment. With a low angle, the wing frills would have been no where near in focus. I,ve stopped using the board in the hide as a tripod head support as I reckon it amplifies the sound. I now use a bean bag with a jumper wrapped around the camera.

D200
Sigma 100-300
160th @f5.6 ev-1 800ISO
Contrast down 1
Neat image. 70% of full frame.
Levels
Cheers
JohnR

Comments

13 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on February 11, 2011 at 7:27 PM

Thanks Rich
No money mate !!

JohnR

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 11, 2011 at 8:06 PM

Neat looking bird John and I love the colors in both the Hawfinch and water. I see your point about the angle although you paid the price with the foot - a good tradeoff though IMO. I do like this image - in fact I like it a lot.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 11, 2011 at 8:26 PM

A beautiful bird. I love the "pearl" water background.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on February 11, 2011 at 8:45 PM

This is a startlingly sharp image. Great colors. I like the gold reflection in the water. It compliments the bird very well. Nice job-I reckon.

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Comment posted by Michael Lotito on February 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM

Wow that bird does have a large head! Wonderful shot!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 11, 2011 at 11:02 PM

beautiful image, John. the bird looks great, and so does the water.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on February 11, 2011 at 11:39 PM

Beautiful, John. Incredible detail and that water is just wonderful.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 12, 2011 at 2:24 AM

Great setting and detail John - love the effect of the water with the slow shutter speed

cheers
Rob

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Comment posted by Keith Bauer on February 12, 2011 at 8:58 AM

The colors in this work together so well. Beautiful bird. Interesting comments you provided about the angle.

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on February 12, 2011 at 12:27 PM

John,
I like this image a lot. Beautiful colors, pose and water. Really nice.

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on February 12, 2011 at 5:54 PM

Very interesting and nice shot! I like the water effect. Congrats!

Registered on January 4, 2011, 59 Posts, 229 Comments

Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on February 13, 2011 at 1:02 AM

This is just a beautiful bird! I love his colours, and the way you caught colours reflected in the water that match makes this an awesome picture!

Registered on February 8, 2011, 254 Posts, 1302 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on February 15, 2011 at 1:16 PM

Amazing color, great job in getting this, well done.

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