Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 31, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Another from my local spot next to a nice patch of beech hedge. There seems to be one bird of every species in there this weekend.
I counted, all the main tit species, Dunnock, chaffinch, Robin, Nuthatch, House Sparrow, Starling, and a coot from the nearby pond...
Same spec as the nuthatch.
I'm puzzled i seems to be getting alot of 50/50 shots, some like it, some dont, some say its too sharp and some say its just right?
Posted by jack chapman on March 31, 2008 at 12:01 PM
very nice i like the setting a lot, the shadow over the birds head is slightly disconcerting though
Posted by Mike Smith on March 31, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Possibly down to the differences in monitors that people are using as to how the detail is being displayed (ie pixel pitch).
Over sharpening is usually evident by crunchiness of detail especially in feathers or an obvious halo as the edge contrast gets too high. I think a lot of people here sharpen an image by using multiple passes of a lower amount (ie 5 x 20% rather than 1 x 100%) until you can see effects of over-sharpening and then back off one sharpening pass through teh actions history.
This image looks fine to me BTW
Mike
Posted by Andy Astbury on March 31, 2008 at 12:10 PM
Paul - have you been using a sharpening brush here matey?
Your plane of focus here is the birds foot and the leaf and its stem top right - the blue tit is in front of its feet and so shouldn't be as sharp.
Posted by Paul Gibbs on March 31, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Nope no sharpening brush (never used it, i dont think i know where it is even), the af point was right on the birds eye, so it should be in focus, note the leaf right and up from the bird which comes into focus.
the only thing i did to the image was crop to 4/3 so as to compose.
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 31, 2008 at 12:42 PM
Looks great to me.
Love all the surrounding leaves, and IMO the shadow accross him adds to the image.
A very nice shot
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 31, 2008 at 1:38 PM
Nice setting but the shadow distracts a bit.
Rene de Heer
Posted by David Kjaer on March 31, 2008 at 2:12 PM
Hi Paul
Like Alan the shadow in this image does not really bother me - very nice image!
David
Posted by Paul Inglis on March 31, 2008 at 2:24 PM
Hi Paul,
Didn't you know that photography is as subjective as any other art form!
Seriously, very nice image! I like the shadow as it adds a 3D apprearance for me and gives it a good feel!
Discussion
12 repliesI counted, all the main tit species, Dunnock, chaffinch, Robin, Nuthatch, House Sparrow, Starling, and a coot from the nearby pond...
Same spec as the nuthatch.
I'm puzzled i seems to be getting alot of 50/50 shots, some like it, some dont, some say its too sharp and some say its just right?
Over sharpening is usually evident by crunchiness of detail especially in feathers or an obvious halo as the edge contrast gets too high. I think a lot of people here sharpen an image by using multiple passes of a lower amount (ie 5 x 20% rather than 1 x 100%) until you can see effects of over-sharpening and then back off one sharpening pass through teh actions history.
This image looks fine to me BTW
Mike
Your plane of focus here is the birds foot and the leaf and its stem top right - the blue tit is in front of its feet and so shouldn't be as sharp.
the only thing i did to the image was crop to 4/3 so as to compose.
Love all the surrounding leaves, and IMO the shadow accross him adds to the image.
A very nice shot
Rene de Heer
Like Alan the shadow in this image does not really bother me - very nice image!
David
Didn't you know that photography is as subjective as any other art form!
Seriously, very nice image! I like the shadow as it adds a 3D apprearance for me and gives it a good feel!
A very good looking image imo , like the way the leaves frame the bird
Andy...
I like the shot, nicely framed.
Sharpening looks spot on to me.
Rob