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Nuthatch

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on March 2, 2007 at 12:23 PM
Nuthatch
One from today taken using car as a hide with beanbag on window post processed in nikon capture this is more or less the full frame just cropped to A4 proportions and a very small amount of USM no noise reduction.


Nikon D2X
Focal Length: 500mm
Color Mode: Mode III (Adobe RGB)
2007/03/02 14:26:18
Exposure Mode: Aperture Priority
White Balance: Preset d-4
Metering Mode: Center-Weighted
AF Mode: AF-C
1/160 sec - F/5.6
Exposure Comp.: 0 EV
Lens: 500mm F/4.5 D
Sensitivity: ISO 400

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Posted by Justin on March 2, 2007 at 1:08 PM
Nicely captured Philip with really soft,natural looking colour.
The depth of field seems to have covered most of the bird pretty well and has even kept the nearest edge of the tree trunk relatively sharp,which I feel works well.Nice bright eye too.
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Posted by Dave Courtenay on March 2, 2007 at 1:27 PM
Classic Nuthatch-very nice image :toast:
Posted by Chris Lloyd on March 2, 2007 at 1:37 PM
A lovely image Phillip, nice soft light too!

Regards Chris.
www.c-m-l.com
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 2, 2007 at 1:42 PM
Cracking shot Phillip :toast: :toast: :toast:

I've yet to see one of these in the wild :frown: .Some day, some day.
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 2, 2007 at 3:39 PM
Ohh I do like this one Phil :toast:
Great lighting, superb sharpness, lovely background and great composition - a gorgeous photo of a gorgeous bird.

No more to be said..

Regards

Andy
Posted by Richard Tynan on March 2, 2007 at 8:14 PM
Nice one. I like the soft light. :toast:
Posted by Jim Greenfield on March 3, 2007 at 5:55 AM
Great shot, sharp front to back. Lovely light.
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on March 3, 2007 at 2:51 PM
Hi Phil,absolutley superb :toast: :toast:

Regards

Barrie
Posted by Graeme Lee on March 3, 2007 at 4:38 PM
Very nice. Composition is bang on for me :toast:

Graeme
Posted by Sanford Dickerson on March 3, 2007 at 4:42 PM
Excellent! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by John Chapman on March 4, 2007 at 11:54 AM
Great shot Philip of a beautiful bird. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by PhilH on March 5, 2007 at 4:26 AM
Now that is a goody Phill... Super light, classic pose and of course skillfull technique... I like it.

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