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They call me Mellow Yellow & repost

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Posted by Mike Smith on April 19, 2008 at 4:25 AM
They call me Mellow Yellow & repost
With apologies to the 60's band

Yellow wagtail, usual Oly gear, one from yesterday evening.
Posted by Adrian North on April 19, 2008 at 4:49 AM
Very nice Mike,

A assume this is from Farmoor again?

Adrian
Posted by Mike Smith on April 19, 2008 at 5:01 AM
Yes, in grassy sward by boatyard, total of 18 yellow wags their yesterday on 3 areas

Trickier than it looks as you cannot use car as a hide and the grass length was high and lots of sweet wrappers and gull feather detritus so hard to get clean shots, ...... :rolleyes:
Posted by Justin on April 19, 2008 at 6:24 AM
What an attractive looking species and a nice image to have.
Would look good IMHO with a little less space above and below the bird and perhaps just a very subtle tweak using curves to up the contrast a fraction.
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 19, 2008 at 7:26 AM
Hi Mike,

Very nice shot!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Thomas on April 19, 2008 at 7:46 AM
... quite rightly - Donovan. Takes me back :biggrin:

Very nice shot Mike. We get a lot of these around the gravel pits along the Trent and Tame valleys..

:toast:

Paul
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 19, 2008 at 2:52 PM


Nice shot Mike , a little tighter crop may improve it , just a personal taste thingy :biggrin:
:toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Graeme Lee on April 19, 2008 at 3:39 PM
Great looking bird and agree with Justin's suggestions :toast:
Posted by Mike Smith on April 20, 2008 at 4:54 AM
re-calibrated my crt again, but still may be off as I don't think it had stabilised properly,anyway small adjustment to contrast via curves
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 20, 2008 at 6:24 AM
Hi Mike,

The repost is looking much better!
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Justin on April 20, 2008 at 7:21 AM
The re-post looks great with the added contrast.
Posted by Ian Mason on April 20, 2008 at 4:59 PM
The repost is a cracker.