Posted by Chris Lloyd on September 12, 2006 at 7:20 AM
Hi All,
Just started to get some birds back in our garden after the summer. I took this from my newly bought WWS Dome hide during an early morning session.
The techs were:
Nikon D2X, 300mm f2.8 VR, 1.7 tc, tripod, hide,
1/180th sec at f4.8
Thanks to all who looked at my last post.
Regards Chris.
Posted by Dave Courtenay on September 12, 2006 at 7:28 AM
The face is nice and sharp with very nice detail but feel the DOF is way to small and needs something like F11,I dont mind a soft tail but the branch being out of focus doesnt look right to me also the perch could be better without the snapped off twig look-everything else hits the spot,a better perch and more DOF and it would be a cracker
Posted by Justin on September 12, 2006 at 10:42 AM
I agree with Dave that the perch isn't ideal but what an excellent pose you've caught here.
Good size in the frame and the portrait format suits the shot superbly.
Possibly just a very slight boost in warmth or saturation would work really well here,although this is very much personal preference.
Posted by Anthony House on September 12, 2006 at 11:21 AM
Agree with the others about the perch and dof, although the light must have been quite poor with an aperture of f4.8 and the resulting shutter speed only being 1/180.
Tony
Posted by Alan Woolnough on September 12, 2006 at 11:32 AM
Definately different from the norm Chris, although more tricky to pull off to good effect {due to Dave's DOF points}.
Spot-on focusing though, and i like the idea.
No dought opportinities will increase from now on to refine this type of shot, as the broken twig is a major distraction from an otherwise nice shot.
I really like this, it's not an average pose and the perch also doesn't bother me, my eyes were drawn straight to the robin's eyes as soon as the pic loaded.
Alison
Posted by Graham Bailey on September 13, 2006 at 6:59 AM
very striking pose but i agree it needs more depth of focus - at least to get the beak sharp
Discussion
10 repliesJust started to get some birds back in our garden after the summer. I took this from my newly bought WWS Dome hide during an early morning session.
The techs were:
Nikon D2X, 300mm f2.8 VR, 1.7 tc, tripod, hide,
1/180th sec at f4.8
Thanks to all who looked at my last post.
Regards Chris.
Good size in the frame and the portrait format suits the shot superbly.
Possibly just a very slight boost in warmth or saturation would work really well here,although this is very much personal preference.
Tony
Spot-on focusing though, and i like the idea.
No dought opportinities will increase from now on to refine this type of shot, as the broken twig is a major distraction from an otherwise nice shot.
Nice one
Alan
Terry
I like the pose and I agree with the other comments which have been made.
John
Aberdeen.
Talk about "in yer face"! My eye went straight to his when I opened this one, vey effective.
Best wishes
Phil
Nicely taken
Alison