Having completed minor repairs after the storms the birds are slowly starting to reappear, first on the scene were the Robins followed by the Blue Tits and then the Great Tits.
Have a group of Long Tailed Tits flitting around so this was set up with them in mind, not attracted in yet so settled for this accomodating poser....
Hi Phil a nice image with a nice clean background I also like the pirch, I went out and brought a BB have been trying it out today, does the screen have to be flat across it is slightly bowed on mine.
As far as I know it shouldn't make any difference to the BB operation, mine mounts flat...
HTH
Phil
Posted by Phil Shaw on January 22, 2007 at 3:06 PM
Attractive colours and a nice size in the frame. Although Elder always has lots of colourful lichen on it, it also usually has lots of broken branch ends and the bark comes off easily, so you have to be careful with it when using it for as a perch and it needs to be replaced frequently in my experience. I would be tempted to trim a little off the bottom of the frame to remove the broken bark, or clone in bit of lichen from elsewhere to cover the damage. Otherwise, a fine piece of work.
Sound like you got off lightly with the storms. I've lost 3 hides, a couple of baffles designed to deter squirrels and have a lot of other clearing up to do. Good news for Kevin Keatley, i expect
Not sure on this one and have come back to it a few times. Technically it is top notch with a lovely background. It is the composition that I am having trouble with. The bird is quite central but that is not my main concern. I find that the stick coming down from top right to bottom centre and the branch the bird is on devides the image into three distinct parts. Possibly I would have cropped from the bottom and left to move the bird more into the top left third of the image with less space below it, and then possibly a slither of top and right to make a better composition.
Know what you mean about Elder, I hadn't intended to really take images but when the LTT's were flitting around I decided to give them a go (with no success yet) so just grabbed the nearest something like suitable perch and set everything up for them, this Blue Tit decided to alight lower on the perch than was intended.... I thought it was worth a few images, had it alighted higher the perch was in much better condition with a sweep through the frame...
Yes I was surprised at how relatively light the distruption the storm caused, all I really had to do was replace a couple of feeders, I never leave a hide in situ as the site is next to a public path in a local country park, where I have an agreement with a couple of the wardens who look after topping up during the week whilst I am unable to get there (the joys of being a commuter) as long as I supply the feed.
The biggest problem is that the tree that shielded the site from view has now gone and every Tom Dick or Harry can see it
Sorry to hear that you were not so lucky, particularly as I understand you are just the other side of the estuary to me.
John... Yes I see what you are saying, I was in two minds and tried several different crops, but as I am a little averse to too much cropping I decided to leave it as taken with just a slight crop to A4 proportions, had the bird landed where it should have done instead of being stubborn and landing near the bottom of the perch I would not have had that problem.
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5 repliesHi,
Having completed minor repairs after the storms the birds are slowly starting to reappear, first on the scene were the Robins followed by the Blue Tits and then the Great Tits.
Have a group of Long Tailed Tits flitting around so this was set up with them in mind, not attracted in yet so settled for this accomodating poser....
All the best
Phil
Phillip.
As far as I know it shouldn't make any difference to the BB operation, mine mounts flat...
HTH
Phil
Sound like you got off lightly with the storms. I've lost 3 hides, a couple of baffles designed to deter squirrels and have a lot of other clearing up to do. Good news for Kevin Keatley, i expect
Not sure on this one and have come back to it a few times. Technically it is top notch with a lovely background. It is the composition that I am having trouble with. The bird is quite central but that is not my main concern. I find that the stick coming down from top right to bottom centre and the branch the bird is on devides the image into three distinct parts. Possibly I would have cropped from the bottom and left to move the bird more into the top left third of the image with less space below it, and then possibly a slither of top and right to make a better composition.
John Lee
Know what you mean about Elder, I hadn't intended to really take images but when the LTT's were flitting around I decided to give them a go (with no success yet) so just grabbed the nearest something like suitable perch and set everything up for them, this Blue Tit decided to alight lower on the perch than was intended.... I thought it was worth a few images, had it alighted higher the perch was in much better condition with a sweep through the frame...
Yes I was surprised at how relatively light the distruption the storm caused, all I really had to do was replace a couple of feeders, I never leave a hide in situ as the site is next to a public path in a local country park, where I have an agreement with a couple of the wardens who look after topping up during the week whilst I am unable to get there (the joys of being a commuter) as long as I supply the feed.
The biggest problem is that the tree that shielded the site from view has now gone and every Tom Dick or Harry can see it
Sorry to hear that you were not so lucky, particularly as I understand you are just the other side of the estuary to me.
John... Yes I see what you are saying, I was in two minds and tried several different crops, but as I am a little averse to too much cropping I decided to leave it as taken with just a slight crop to A4 proportions, had the bird landed where it should have done instead of being stubborn and landing near the bottom of the perch I would not have had that problem.
Thanks for the comments....
Phil