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Wheatear

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Posted by David Kjaer on May 16, 2007 at 6:42 AM
Wheatear
Another from the Hebrides.

Canon 1D MkII + 500 + x1.4 iso 400 1/160 at f6.3 and processed in CS3
Posted by Graeme Lee on May 16, 2007 at 7:01 AM
Very nice perch, BG and Wheatear. Nicely processed as expected David. Has CS3 got any major benefits to you as opposed to CS2?

Great work :toast: :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on May 16, 2007 at 7:08 AM
Hi Graeme

I didn't upgrade when CS2 came out so I have gone from CS to CS3 and as you can imagine there are a significant number of improvements, especially in the RAW converter. I think Phil Hurst will be better informed than anyone on CS3 as he had access to an advanced copy and has been playing for a while!

Regards
David
Posted by Mike Smith on May 16, 2007 at 7:09 AM
:toast:

Have you tweaked the saturation? or is this one of the more brightly coloured Scandic ssp still on route? (top of my head I thought the Scandics were slightly bigger as well :confused: )
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 16, 2007 at 7:11 AM
Very nice David
Great detail in both light and dark feathers and love the post-do you use noise reduction :toast:
Regards
Dave
Posted by David Kjaer on May 16, 2007 at 7:26 AM
Hi Mike

No this bird was very well marked and it could be one of the Icelantic population as quite a few go through the Hebrides at this time of the year. They are slightly larger than our birds, but I can't say I noticed this with this individual!

Dave - 'no noise reduction'

David
Posted by Paul Gibbs on May 16, 2007 at 8:20 AM
Nice shot David, looks spot on. Also the noise looks about right for a 1DII... IE none... sob...
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 16, 2007 at 9:07 AM
Hi David,
Very nice indeed , love the colours , the perch and the bg , one of the best Wheatear shots I've seen , one to be proud of .
:toast: :toast:

Kind regards
Andy... :smile:
Posted by John Chapman on May 16, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Nice overall picture David. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Andy Astbury on May 16, 2007 at 12:38 PM
I like this one David - nice shot :toast:
Posted by John Gardner on May 17, 2007 at 5:44 AM
awesome colour and the perch is superb. Great image with impact
Posted by Rob Chace on May 17, 2007 at 9:03 AM
This is one very well maked & bright individual. Greenland wheatears are indeed brighter, slightly bigger, & usually very upright. A great capture, showing a wider angle & a great background. :toast:
Posted by Major Gilbert on May 17, 2007 at 4:27 PM
Great looking all round image David.
Posted by Justin on May 17, 2007 at 6:16 PM
Hi David,
What an attractive image,he couldn't have picked a nicer post to perch on. :toast: :toast:
Posted by PhilH on May 18, 2007 at 4:15 AM
Nice one Dave

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Elliott Neep on May 18, 2007 at 7:38 AM
All said... perfect in every way. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paula Graham on May 19, 2007 at 4:57 PM
Very good indeed; pose, colours, bg, composition..very nice.
Posted by Nigel Blake on May 25, 2007 at 8:41 AM
Excellent image David, with spot-on colours. Just been braving the wind and rain on Hebrides myself this past 10 days.
This is not a Greenland (leucorhoa) as they usually display the peachy breast colour right down past the legs, have longer legs with a more upright stance, in flight they are noticably longer and narrower winged.