Reed Bunting

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 6, 2007 at 11:02 AM

Hi to all,
Reed Bunting , photographed at Titchwell , not the sharpest of the bunch but I like his pose , shot in very poor light on a very windy day.
Levels , Usm , H/S , Slight Sat and a medium crop.
Small twig cloned out at the bottom righthand side.

Canon 20D , 500mm F4 , W/Hv2 , Gitzo 1325.
1/160th @ F8 iso200 , E/c -1/3

All comments and advice most welcome

Kind regards
Andy...

Posted by Brian Irving on May 6, 2007 at 2:15 PM

Hi Andy

Love the background, isolation is mega. I would have given the bird more headroom and cropped the cluster of twigs.

Brian

Posted by Andy Astbury on May 6, 2007 at 3:50 PM

Hi Andy - nice shot - I just love the pose and comp

Can you get a bit of selective levels going in the black face and lift that small catch light in the eye - it would be a belting shot if you got some definition in the blacks with pp

Regards

Andy

Posted by Alan Bryant on May 6, 2007 at 4:58 PM

Agree about the colours/levels need abit more, plus atouch of USM.

I would of gone the other way, cropping some of the top and atouch off the right, to aid the comp.

other than that its a cool shot

Posted by Rob Howard on May 6, 2007 at 5:39 PM

Hi Andrew,

Agree with the above comments.

But over all a nice image.

Regards

Rob

Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 7, 2007 at 1:38 PM

Hi to all,
Thanks for the comments and advice , I'll try your suggestions.

Kind regards
Andy...