Great piece of activity captured though, although i feel the plant-head distracts my eye in this composition.
Idealy {in my opinion}, a vertical crop {removing the plant head} would improve the composition, but 'if ' the noise is a result of a large crop, this may be pushing the boundaries a bit too much.
Hope you can tweak the image a touch, as they are great birds to have in your files {i'm still striving to get some myself }.
Alan
Posted by Andy Astbury on August 19, 2007 at 6:36 AM
This has got to be a massive crop Paul - D2X just isn't that noisy - pity really as the action in the image is great.
Agree with Alan over the crop suggestion
Posted by Paul Compton on August 19, 2007 at 11:56 AM
What a beautiful bird, I quite like the plant head I must admit, just a shame about noise. But still doesn't distract my enjoyment of the bird. Nice shot.
It's a very well caught moment and it's always good to see an image of a bird going about his business whether preening,calling fishing,etc.
The plain background is great and I like the perch although I'd perhaps like to see it in a more vertical orienation if it's been put in place specifically with photography in mind.
I find the sunlight a little too harsh if I'm honest although it has resulted in a nice bright catchlight in the bird's eye and it has also revealed the wonderful colours on the bird's back.
As has already been mentioned the image does appear a little noisy although I'm sure one of the excellent noise reduction programmes would help out here a little.
Is it a very large crop?
If so I personally think it's a good idea to state that along with the images technical details, a few pixels here or there isn't a major issue at all but I think it's a good idea to disclose if an image has been cropped significantly.
Thanks all for the comments, the crop is around 25% but really over did the sharpening bit perhaps.
Have reworked taking onboard your comments hope it is better
Discussion
6 repliesthe loacl reserve has benefitted from these beauties.
Techs:
D2x
500mm + 1.4 TC
-.3ev
C&C as always welcome
Paul
Great piece of activity captured though, although i feel the plant-head distracts my eye in this composition.
Idealy {in my opinion}, a vertical crop {removing the plant head} would improve the composition, but 'if ' the noise is a result of a large crop, this may be pushing the boundaries a bit too much.
Hope you can tweak the image a touch, as they are great birds to have in your files {i'm still striving to get some myself
Alan
Agree with Alan over the crop suggestion
The plain background is great and I like the perch although I'd perhaps like to see it in a more vertical orienation if it's been put in place specifically with photography in mind.
I find the sunlight a little too harsh if I'm honest although it has resulted in a nice bright catchlight in the bird's eye and it has also revealed the wonderful colours on the bird's back.
As has already been mentioned the image does appear a little noisy although I'm sure one of the excellent noise reduction programmes would help out here a little.
Is it a very large crop?
If so I personally think it's a good idea to state that along with the images technical details, a few pixels here or there isn't a major issue at all but I think it's a good idea to disclose if an image has been cropped significantly.
Have reworked taking onboard your comments hope it is better
Thanks
Paul