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Posted by stewart canham on February 14, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Tricky little blighters! always upside down, but I quite liked this one,its managed to get from the perch to the feeder in about 2 seconds, so you have to be quick trying to get a shot.......

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Posted by Andy Astbury on February 14, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Just a bit too much contrast Stewart - otherwise a really nice image :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on February 14, 2008 at 1:35 PM
IMO the bark looks abit contrasty, but the bird looks alright from here.

Its a nice shot anyway :smile: :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on February 14, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Nits covered! Lovely capture nonetheless!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mike Smith on February 14, 2008 at 2:47 PM
looks severely over-sharpened on my monitor, there is white halo all round the bird and is causing the crunchy effect to the tree bark.

I would like to see this reposted with less aggressive sharpening, I think it will come out much better.

One tip is to "fade" each sharpening pass to the luminosity channel - /edit/fade unsharp mask/change mode from normal to luminosity. it helpos reduce this halo effect


Mike
Posted by Paul Ashton on February 14, 2008 at 2:54 PM
No complaints from me Stewart. Like the composition and the detail.
Posted by Tim Taylor on February 16, 2008 at 6:32 AM
Very nice Stewart. I've not got one upside down like this - I'm never quick enough to catch them - LOL. :toast:
Posted by eric weight on February 18, 2008 at 3:30 PM
I agree about the sharpening and contrast issues, but I would really like to see this as a portrait. i think it would suit it well. Wish I 'd got any picture of a nuthatch.
:toast: :toast: Eric