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Yellowhammer

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6 replies
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 9, 2007 at 9:29 AM
I've been trying to photograph these guys for weeks now - they gotta be the most frustrating birds to photograph :mad:

This is from this morning - full sun, bag hide, 12 tonne lens etc; I nearly died of heatstroke :eek:

It's the best image I've come up with to date but I'm still not happy - the Sigmonster goes a long way towards helping but its 'bokeh' isn't very nice is it? :frown: (...at least not as nice as the 500f4).

Techs.
D2Xs
Sig 300-800mm (@780mm)
ISO 400
1/1250 @ f8 (+0.3EV)

PP CapOne & CS2

As always, input valued - and thanks for looking :toast: :wavey:
Posted by David Kjaer on June 9, 2007 at 9:56 AM
I like the pose and setting - nice one!

David :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 9, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Very nice-lovely bird :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on June 9, 2007 at 11:04 AM
Superb pose Andy..............nice clean image

:toast: :toast:
Posted by David Taylor on June 9, 2007 at 12:41 PM
What a pose! Well worth the effort. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paula Graham on June 9, 2007 at 4:35 PM
Gorgeous pose and very sharp. Well done
Posted by John Chapman on June 12, 2007 at 2:57 PM
Very good shot Andy and I agree with the other comments. :toast:
John
Aberdeen