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some old bird taking in the sun !

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Posted by Steve Makin on January 9, 2008 at 4:02 PM
taken at weekend at Leighton Moss, cropped to square for composition

D2Xs, sigma 300-800 at 800 end, f8 and 1/180 at 400asa

slight tweaks to contrast and saturation
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 9, 2008 at 8:01 PM
As I said Steve - nice image :toast:

Never keen on square crops myself - but it screams editorial with all the lovely space for text :wink:
Posted by Ian Andrews on January 10, 2008 at 2:56 AM
Yes, I like the space too, but why shoot it in the middle and crop off the left side, which is what I guess you have done. Why not put the post on the left of a full frame?

Nice enough image though.

Ian :smile:
Posted by Paul Thomas on January 10, 2008 at 5:19 AM
Nice image ... of a Rook.

:toast:

Paul
Posted by John Chapman on January 10, 2008 at 6:08 AM
Nice image Steve. :toast:
John
Aberdeen
Posted by Steve Makin on January 10, 2008 at 8:15 AM
thanks all for comments, it was taken in the centre of the frame so I could crop as required, I'm doing this quite specifically to allow some space either side so I can tweak the composition, rather than filling the frame with nowhere to go for comp adjustments

plus isnt the centre of the image always going to be sharper ?

and title now changed to Rook :rolleyes:
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 10, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Funny looking Rook :biggrin:

What makes you think it's a Rook then?
Posted by Paul Gibbs on January 10, 2008 at 10:34 AM
I didnt think it was a jackdaw, due to the thick bill and less rounded look abou the head, steve do you have a 100% crop of the head?
Posted by Steve Makin on January 10, 2008 at 10:43 AM
I can get one but it'll have to wait 3 days before I can post it !

must join up I guess :razz:
Posted by Andy Astbury on January 10, 2008 at 1:12 PM
I think it was me who suggested to Steve it was a Jackdaw - Crow and Rook eyes would not appear like the eye in the image as their iris' are black.

That's my opinion anyway :biggrin: :biggrin: :wavey: :wavey:

A 100% crop of the bird might prove one or the other though :wavey:
Posted by Steve Makin on January 10, 2008 at 1:34 PM
title changed as appropriate :wink:
Posted by eric weight on January 10, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Lol :jump: