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Greenfinch

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Posted by jacqui on February 22, 2008 at 10:33 AM
Taken this morning in my garden, I had placed a reflector at the bace of the perch

1DmkIII, 300f4 + 1.4, f8, ISO 1250, 1/1000, Tripod

Jacqui
Posted by jacqui on February 22, 2008 at 10:34 AM
opps forgot to add the photograph
Posted by Ian Mason on February 22, 2008 at 10:37 AM
:eek: Fantastic!
Posted by Justin on February 22, 2008 at 10:38 AM
Lovely shot. The reflector has worked a treat. :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on February 22, 2008 at 11:11 AM
A nicely caught shot, well lit too. I've also thought about using reflectors as I have a real light problem in my garden at present - did the reflector seem to deter the birds at all?

Matt
Posted by jacqui on February 22, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Hi Matt

The reflector didnt seem to bother the Great Tits, Blue Tits and Nuthatch.... though I did notice that the Greenfinches took a little longer to get used to it... It was quiet funny too as at one point my dog decided he liked it and ran off down the garden with it :smile:

Jacqui
Posted by Edwin kats on February 22, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Great shot. I sometimes use a reflector and it seems to work better than a flash. A flash really scare the birds off and they get used to a reflector very easy.

Well done.

Edwin Kats
Posted by Tim Taylor on February 22, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Great shot and I like the reflector idea. :toast:
Posted by Paul Inglis on February 22, 2008 at 12:14 PM
Hi Jacqui,

Stunning!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Graham Brown on February 22, 2008 at 12:47 PM
Looks stunning good for this ISO and the light is just about perfect. Will bear in mind the reflector idea in future.
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 22, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Nice frozen action Jaqui :toast:

If you want to try with flash you'll have to switch the guns to manual, this stops the pre-stobing which I find is what really disturbs the birds.
Posted by Major Gilbert on February 22, 2008 at 2:33 PM
Now that one is sharp Jacqui you nailed it this time and good technic with the reflector idea.

:toast:

Major.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on February 22, 2008 at 3:47 PM


Very good capture Jacqui , love the wing extension :toast: :toast:

Regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Mark Fellowes on February 23, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Very well captured, and the fill from the reflector really helps it pop.

:toast:

Mark
Posted by eric weight on February 24, 2008 at 10:16 AM
Tremendous image Jacqui. I don't see anybody else doing this as well as you are at the moment.
:toast: :toast: Eric