Posted by Major Gilbert on January 1, 2007 at 4:22 PM
One from today in a car park at Cromer.
Five birds present and performing beautifully apart from:
The wind kept getting up.
The birds hardly ever turned to show thier true plumage.
Part of the tree they were in was in partial shade.
They tended to stick higher up in the top of the tree.
Twigs and branches kept getting in the way.
Not bad considering we had some lovely sunshine (hooray!!!} and it did turn out to be a great start for 2007.
Nicely lit shot of a bird we never see here.
It's always frustrating when subjects won't do just what you'd like them to, but I think you've done well here to get a clean shot.
I like it. (Has a fair halo around the beak though, and it is a shame that when you did manage to get a shot, it perched over a slightly unsightly twig.)
Very nice indeed! Ordinarily I'm not a big fan of bright, vibrant skies as BGs to BOAS shots, but it seems to really lift this image - perhaps because of the colours in the bird itself?
Discussion
8 repliesFive birds present and performing beautifully apart from:
The wind kept getting up.
The birds hardly ever turned to show thier true plumage.
Part of the tree they were in was in partial shade.
They tended to stick higher up in the top of the tree.
Twigs and branches kept getting in the way.
Not bad considering we had some lovely sunshine (hooray!!!} and it did turn out to be a great start for 2007.
Happy New Year all.
Major.
John
I agree with Phils comments!
David
It's always frustrating when subjects won't do just what you'd like them to, but I think you've done well here to get a clean shot.
Happy new year
Top stuff.