Field Advice was Fare

Out today in the snow that fell across Herefordshire - on my knees in a hide to get a low angle wasn't comfortable - wet cold work. Just to confirm an earlier post about advice on Fieldfare. Took this in an orchard my friend has a feeder station in. Lots of very ripe rotten apples about, plus snow, plus lots of other birds, makes these very wary birds happier to brave a large lens aiming at them. One false move, however, and they're off! Just a record shot, but it proves you can get close if you plan well.

5D, 600mm, 250/F8 320ASA, spot meter -1/3EV, Full Frame
Slight curve adjustment, 15% saturation and contrast, in camera sharpening.

Sorry for the low res but its linked to a website that is running out of space! Thanks for looking. Dave.

Hi
good capture, but i find the bright shapes at the bottom of it's feet a bit distracting

They're apples! I thought they added colour and more interest (once you realise they're apples

Dave

Only slight curve adjustment, 15% saturation and contrast? The apples in the orchard are are a rotten brown colour!

Chris

I've just had another look at the RAW file and re-diid the image from scratch and I need to correct myself - I only applied 9% contrast to get the lovely bright brown apples Bet you saw them through a dense haze of ciggy smoke

Dave

Hi David,

Nice image of these handsome looking birds. You can almost guarantee these coming to over ripe apples if you are patient.

Regards

Rob