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Another Goldfinch

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Posted by Andy Astbury on April 6, 2007 at 5:19 PM
A bogey bird for me - until today :biggrin:

Well that's one crossed off the list, only 2 squillion left :smile:

Techs

D200
Sig 500mm f4.5
ISO 160
1/250th @ f8
393 Head
Sandbag on top of lens

95% full frame

CS2 - sat+USM - cloned bg at bottom of frame

Thanks for looking :toast: :toast:

Best Regards

Andy
Posted by Graham Bailey on April 7, 2007 at 5:06 AM
A lovely portrait Andy. A tiny bit more depth of field might be nice as the tail does loose a bit of sharpness but everything else is very sharp. I think its just the pose but it feels like he's about to fall to the right - maybe its just me but i prefer it rotated just a few degrees anti-clockwise

Graham
Posted by Graeme Lee on April 7, 2007 at 1:03 PM
Very nice. Agree with the strange pose, but it's good you can sort it out using a bit of CCW rotation. I have some strange poses that nothing will help with, so they're binners really :rolleyes:

Possibly a bit more rom on the left. but I can hardly talk about composition as you can see by my latest postings :rolleyes:

Nice on the whole :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 7, 2007 at 4:54 PM
Hi Graham & Graeme - is that a bit better chaps?????????

Best Regards

Andy
Posted by Alan Bryant on April 7, 2007 at 5:33 PM
Yep your re-post is alot, lot better.

A cracking shot well done :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 9, 2007 at 4:51 AM
Thanks for the feedback chaps :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on April 10, 2007 at 3:45 AM
Nice one, the repost feels better, nice light and good exposure = good detail, the OOF tail is not a problem for me as the eye appears to be sharp..

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on April 10, 2007 at 7:51 AM
I like the repost much more. Looks more naturally balanced, but going into the realms or horizontal perches which a lot of people don't like. It doesn't bother me personally, but I can sometimes see their angle. To make this the perfect shot, the space on the left is still inadequate for me. You could try adding some canvas to it, but the perch elongation can be where it's hard to do as I've found out.

Still a great quality image as I said before Andy, and I'm being really picky here :toast: