Grumpy old thing

Rook at Gigrin... Unfortunately I think the hedge now obscures this post

From the 2006 NPN meeting there

Full frame; resized for web presentation

Nice shot, and certainly makes a change from kites at that venue. Would maybe prefer the Rook just a tad further to the left.

Hi mike,

Nice shot, showing good detail and colour in the plumage. Your sensor needs a good clean, there's some real big bits of dirt on the image

Regards

Rob

Hi Mike,

Very nice capture! I agree if the subject was a little more towards the left the composition would have been nicer!


Want to borrow the Artic Butterfly!

Ah yes, dust spotting - Quite right, I have got out of the habit of dust removal requirements for Canon files now I shoot the Oly system.

One theory I have seen is that the huge mirror swinging about creates a vortex in the DsII body stirring up a bit of dust cloud, hence its apparent ability to manufacture dust between shots. I used to clean the DsII before and after use and still have dust issues with the files. I haven't used my sensor brushes once since going over to the '4/3rds' system - bliss

Nice image, I like the use of limited DOF here

I like that Mike. Under-rated and interesting subjects IMO. I spent twenty minutes in a service station on the M5 today with these chaps strutting around, courting, mating and performing all manner of interesting displays just fifteen yards away, totally oblivious to the people walking past them, My camera? 50 miles away in the cupboard. Story of my life.
Eric