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Another Jay

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 26, 2007 at 11:54 AM
Another Jay
Hi to all,

Jay , photographed yesterday , any thoughts on the comp would be appreciated.

Levels , Usm(150,0.5,0 x3) , S/highlight , slight Sat , Full frame

Canon 40D , 500F4IS , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/250th @ F4 iso400 -1/3 E/comp

ps thanks to Glyn for the use of his log :wink:

All comments welcome

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by gary cox on December 26, 2007 at 12:04 PM
excellent Andrew I like it a lot.
lovely soft light, great background. nice pose.
was it baited on the log?
one of my bogey birds.
:toast: :toast:
Gary
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 26, 2007 at 12:07 PM
Hi to all,

Does this look O.K.??? , I normally sharpen all my web images before resizing ( Usm 150,0.5,1 x2 or 3 ) but this time I've run a couple Usm's over the image after resizing ( Same settings ) , I've probably asked this question before but should I only sharpen after resizing ???

Regards

Andy... :confused:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 26, 2007 at 12:13 PM
Hi Gary,

Yes , it was baited , with peanuts , peanuts and more peanuts :wink: , a very difficult bird to get close to without offering something in return.

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Andy Darrington on December 26, 2007 at 1:04 PM
Very nice Andrew looks fine to me love the BG

Andy
Posted by Tristan Campbell on December 26, 2007 at 3:23 PM
I love the colours here, that green is one of my favorite colours and it goes very well with the subtle reds. Tristan
Posted by Graeme Lee on December 26, 2007 at 5:41 PM
Hi Andy, one of my bogey birds too...in fact, one of my many bogey birds :rolleyes: Looks fine to me, possibly a bit of a halo appearing under the beak, but nothing a bit of Contracting your selection by a couple of pixels couldn't sort out. I have always been told to sharpen after everything has been done. Sharpening is the very last thing to do before saving for web. Comp looks fine but if I'm being really picky and it's purely my preference, I'd like a tad more on the left, not much at all, but I reckon another 20 or 30 pixels would balance it up perfectly...or not :wink: Exposure looks great too :toast:
Posted by Edwin kats on December 26, 2007 at 6:44 PM
Great shot!!!! I know how difficult they are to capture :toast:

Edwin Kats
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 26, 2007 at 11:43 PM
Agree with Graeme - a tad over-sharp in places but a great shot of a very hard to photograph bird :toast:
Posted by jack chapman on December 27, 2007 at 9:14 AM
lovely pose and background seems a little cold though
Posted by Mark Fellowes on December 27, 2007 at 12:44 PM
Lovely shot, well captured. Is the perch for general loan? :biggrin:

:toast:

Mark
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 27, 2007 at 1:01 PM
Hi to all,

Thanks for the comments and advice , their much appreciated :toast:

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Marek Miszczak on December 27, 2007 at 2:41 PM
good shot :smile: :toast:
Posted by eric weight on December 27, 2007 at 3:06 PM
Really nice shot - all I ever see is a white rump disappearing at speed. I can't help wondering if it would look even better slightly less central, but it seems a shame to make the bird smaller really. I can see where all the peanuts are his crop is pretty full by the looks of it!