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Buzzard portrait

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Posted by Mike Smith on May 18, 2007 at 2:05 AM
Buzzard portrait
caught in mid contemplation, no bones here, but bones over there mmmmmm.......

1DsII, 500 f4.5, tripod and sidekick, iso200, 1/350 at F8, cropped and a dark shadow in grass cloned out
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on May 18, 2007 at 5:22 AM
Hi Mike very nice, I do have a very similar shot obviously that I was going to post today but you beat me to it, I still may post my second buzzard portrait though later.

Phillip.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey: :smile:
Posted by Barrie Harwood on May 18, 2007 at 5:25 AM
NIce detail, colour and tonality Mike but compositionally, the dead central positioning in an almost square frame detracts somewhat for me.

Also, the detritus (human or whatever) to the bird's left (our right) is unfortunate but could readily be removed with some judicious cloning.
Posted by Brian McGeough on May 19, 2007 at 4:07 AM
Hi Mike,

Another great gigrin post!!

I read your post on that other mediocre buzzard shot :wink: , i agree with your comments about the 1.5x crop and long lens, in fact i have got myself a 30D to go with the 1 series camera so shots of distant bird becomes a bit easier, that 1.6x really helps when it's hanging off the back of my 600 :biggrin:

Brian