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Reed Warbler + Repos

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Posted by Paul Thomas on May 30, 2008 at 6:25 AM
Reed Warbler + Repos
Taken yesterday.

E-510, 300/f2.8 + 2x TC, ISO 400, 1/400 @ f8, cropped about 15% from left, a bit of additional blurring applied to the vegetation above the bird's head

:toast:

Paul
Posted by Mike Smith on May 30, 2008 at 7:04 AM
cracker, my local reed warblers are a lot more skulking in nature

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That Oly 2x converter seems very well matched, and is becoming tempting indeed :wink:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 30, 2008 at 7:27 AM
The bird is nice and sharp with plenty of detail-however it is very noisey for the ISO, The processing of the reed above the head is very obvious and i think cloning it out would be better

Dave
Posted by Paul Inglis on May 30, 2008 at 8:44 AM
Hi Paul,

Beautiful capture and very nicely done!
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Posted by Paul Thomas on May 30, 2008 at 9:52 AM
Thanks for the feedback. Here's a version with the reed cloned out.

Mike, skulking seems to be the norm for these birds IME. I was just lucky to more across one who was in a more showy mood :smile: I'm very pleased with the 300/2x combination. It's very good wide open and even better stopped down to f8.

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Paul
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 30, 2008 at 10:14 AM


Very nice shot Paul , repost is much better though still a little noisy , it's a good job on capturing one out in the open :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Alan Woolnough on May 30, 2008 at 11:13 AM
Repost has tidied it up nicely Paul.............and a fine shot it is :toast: :toast:

Alan
Posted by Ian Mason on May 30, 2008 at 7:01 PM
Absolutely fantastic composition. I agree there's still some noise - hope you can correct that because it is definitely worth it.