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A LARGE Wood Pigeon

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Posted by Nick Railton on May 7, 2007 at 9:54 AM
This rather large wood pigeon landed on my fence while I was doing some test shots with my Canon 300mm f/2.8 IS, one of the American guys on another forum thought it maybe an American Wood Pigeon :wink:

Canon 30D
Canon 300mm f/2.8 L IS
f/5, 1/320, ISO200
PP:- 50% crop and resize.
Posted by Rob Howard on May 7, 2007 at 11:17 AM
Hi Nick,

Doubt it's the american version, more like one stuffed with the local fields spring drillings!!

Regards

Rob
Posted by Paul Gibbs on May 7, 2007 at 12:01 PM
Wow that is one FAT pidge! Looks like it must have a real crop full!
Posted by Graeme Lee on May 7, 2007 at 1:38 PM
Well we know where all the pies have gone!

Not surprised it was perched there...couldn't fly I reckon!

:toast:
Posted by Brian Irving on May 7, 2007 at 1:58 PM
Nick

Thanks for sharing this one with us, great shot.

Q. I understand 50% crop but what do you mean by resize and waht programme do you do it in.

Regards

Brian
Posted by Nick Railton on May 7, 2007 at 2:19 PM
Hi Brian,

Th original pic was in landscape, the focus point was dead centre on the bird so I cropped either side and a little at the top and bottom so its about 50 % of the original frame, I resized to 850 x 568 pixels. Al in Phtoshop CS2.

Cheers
Posted by Brian Irving on May 7, 2007 at 2:31 PM
Thanks Nick

I though this was what you meant but wondered whether I was missing something!

Brian
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 7, 2007 at 4:59 PM
Nick - did you have a field of peas nearby - if the farmer's lost 'em you know where they are - that's one stuffed pidge :eek: :eek:

I bet he's got heartburn :wink:
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 8, 2007 at 3:21 AM
Blimey!

:toast:

Tim
Posted by John Chapman on May 8, 2007 at 6:48 AM
That is one plump bird Nick. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by David Taylor on May 8, 2007 at 1:22 PM
I love the expression on its face. The Billy Bunter of the Pigeon World, 'The plumpfulness is terrific' to paraphrase Hurree Jamset Ram Singh.
see
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/children/bunter/bunter.htm
for more info on BB
and
http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-6443407467091097704&q=Bunter
for a surviving episode.

Terrific
:wink: