Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 24, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Hi to all,
Heres another juvenile Cuckoo, photographed this afternoon on the east coast, after many hours of searching I finally managed to get one in the viewfinder, I really like the enviroment in this one and the caterpillar was a real bonus. I was very pleased with how this ones turned out Thanks for looking.
Posted by Paul Gibbs on August 24, 2008 at 2:19 PM
Nice Andrew you wait a life time then two come along at once? Good setting, though i think i'd prefer the closer fence post to be in focus, it draws my eye for some reason.
Hi Andrew,
Another oppurtunity well seized. I agree about the caterpillar being a bonus and I also like the setting.
I think you could crop out that right hand post easy enough, which IMHO would work very well.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 24, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Hi Paul,
Don't think I could have managed to get both posts in focus as the shooting angle was a little steep, yesterdays post was one of a pair of juvenile Cuckoo's, today there was just the one and he took quite a bit of finding, maybe the other bird has set off on migration ???
Andy...
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 24, 2008 at 2:37 PM
Hi Justin,
With the bird looking to the right, would a crop to portrait work ???
Hi Andrew,
I didn't mean a tight portrait, I was thinking of cropping the image as close as possible to the fence post in the foreground, just enough to lose it completely.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 25, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Discussion
6 repliesHeres another juvenile Cuckoo, photographed this afternoon on the east coast, after many hours of searching I finally managed to get one in the viewfinder, I really like the enviroment in this one and the caterpillar was a real bonus. I was very pleased with how this ones turned out
Converted in DPP / Processed in CS2 ( Cropped )
Canon 1D3 , 500F4IS+1.4T/c , Gitzo1325 , Wimberley v2
1/640th @ F8 iso400
All comments welcome
Regards
Andy...
Another oppurtunity well seized. I agree about the caterpillar being a bonus and I also like the setting.
I think you could crop out that right hand post easy enough, which IMHO would work very well.
Hi Paul,
Don't think I could have managed to get both posts in focus as the shooting angle was a little steep, yesterdays post was one of a pair of juvenile Cuckoo's, today there was just the one and he took quite a bit of finding, maybe the other bird has set off on migration ???
Andy...
Hi Justin,
With the bird looking to the right, would a crop to portrait work ???
Andy...
I didn't mean a tight portrait, I was thinking of cropping the image as close as possible to the fence post in the foreground, just enough to lose it completely.
No problem Justin, I know what you mean now.
Thanks for the comments chaps.
Andy...