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Pied Wagtail

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Posted by Brian Irving on May 9, 2007 at 2:13 PM
Pied Wagtail
This little guy popped up onto a dry stone wall beside my car.

I quite like the background, the Canon 400 F5.6L seems to produce some great diffused backdrops!

Comments.......essential

Brian

Techs: 20D, 400mm, f5.6, 1/400, iso200, hand held
Posted by jack chapman on May 9, 2007 at 2:28 PM
nice clean shot, sharp and like you say a good background the perch is nice too

a bit more depth of field perhaps as i think more of the tail could be sharper
Posted by chris hajee on May 10, 2007 at 5:37 AM
just the way I see them over here in Holland, lovely shot :toast:
Posted by chris hajee on May 10, 2007 at 5:40 AM
just the way I see them over here in Holland, lovely shot :toast: :toast:
Posted by Graeme Lee on May 10, 2007 at 5:45 AM
A nice shot Brian. Good to see a catchlight. I too would have been tempted to stop down to f8 at the expense of te shutter speed (depends on how fast it's tail was wagging!) or ISO. You don't state whether it's tripod or hand-held so it may noit have been possible to sacrifice shutter speed.

Great shot though, and I like the comp. Could even try a tighter crop to show the detail better, but that woul;dn't appeal to the 'big-in-the-frame' haters :wink:

:toast: