Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 19, 2008 at 11:51 AM
I was walking through some local woodland this morning looking for Red Squirrels, I noticed that somebody had thrown down some money nuts and the Jays were coming to get them and flying off tooing and froing, I laid down on the ground with a small hump between me and the nuts,a jay landed and bounded up the hump to see what i was up to and i grabbed the shot
Canon 1D3 500F4+1.4x (crop on RH side to decentralise the bird)
Posted by Paul Gibbs on February 19, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Hmmm
Firstly the Good... I really like this image, the look of the jay, the the sharpness against the FG anf BG is great. I also like the similar colours...
My nit is that the OOF areas have a very busy bokeh which i think detracts from theoverall image...
Hello Dave, I really like this shot, sometimes less is more and with so much diffused background / foreground it really highlights what you see of the bird.
Posted by Marek Miszczak on February 19, 2008 at 12:40 PM
Dave is this the 'new look'? Not where the foxes use to hang out?
Steve
Posted by Dave Courtenay on February 19, 2008 at 1:27 PM
No Steve-this is a new area near the Lake
Posted by eric weight on February 19, 2008 at 2:31 PM
Interesting shot Dave, I really like the way that the Oof stuff focusses attention on the subject. I am sure that the camera was probably level but, I think it might look better tipped anti-clockwise a bit. Just my opinion. Eric
Posted by Stuart McCrae on February 19, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Another cool image,I really like the style.
Posted by Paul Inglis on February 19, 2008 at 2:54 PM
Hi Dave,
Very interesting! I like the out of focus foreground and background allowing the attention for the subject, but...
I think a slightly closer crop for more impact would be good.
Also I agree with Eric about a little anti-clockwise rotation!
Posted by Paul Ashton on February 19, 2008 at 3:02 PM
This is a lovely image Dave. The composition is just perfect.
Posted by John Chapman on February 20, 2008 at 5:16 AM
Discussion
10 repliesCanon 1D3 500F4+1.4x (crop on RH side to decentralise the bird)
Firstly the Good... I really like this image, the look of the jay, the the sharpness against the FG anf BG is great. I also like the similar colours...
My nit is that the OOF areas have a very busy bokeh which i think detracts from theoverall image...
Steve
Very interesting! I like the out of focus foreground and background allowing the attention for the subject, but...
I think a slightly closer crop for more impact would be good.
Also I agree with Eric about a little anti-clockwise rotation!
John
Aberdeen