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Chaffinch

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on October 31, 2008 at 1:03 PM
Chaffinch
One from today the chaffinches were hovering just in front of the feeder as the perch to the feeder had been broken off, so I spent nearly three hours trying to achieve this.

Although I have taken close to 600 images of it, there are only two or three of them anywhere near presentable this is one of them.

Phil.

D700 sigma 800 1/640@f8 iso 2,000 manual focus the with the camera set to aperture priority.

PP in Bibble Pro & CS2

:toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Drew Mellowship on October 31, 2008 at 2:34 PM
That's really nice Phil, the BG is great choice as is the intended wing movement !

Good short !

Drew :smile:
Posted by Paul Ashton on October 31, 2008 at 3:15 PM
A touch of the magic here Philip.

Paul
Posted by Helge Sorensen on October 31, 2008 at 3:26 PM
Very nice shot, without the seed it would have been perfect! :toast:
Posted by Rob Fisher on October 31, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Phil,

Fantastic shot, well worth the hard work.

Rob
Posted by John Robinson on October 31, 2008 at 4:59 PM
Great stuff.
A little more space left would make it greater in my opinion.
Cheers
JR
Posted by David Kjaer on October 31, 2008 at 6:09 PM
Nice bit of action Phil!

David :toast:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on November 1, 2008 at 7:08 AM
Great action and very worth the effort :toast:

Dave
Posted by Justin on November 1, 2008 at 11:48 AM
Very nicely caught Phil. Great posture and I love the movement in the wings. :toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on November 1, 2008 at 12:35 PM
Great shot Phil, it just looks suspended there :smile:
Posted by eric weight on November 1, 2008 at 1:12 PM
I keep looking at this one Phil and expecting it to move. Well worth all the effort. Perfect bg.
:toast: Eric
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 1, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Nice one Phil I have tried on and off for hours and hours and as yet have never got anywhere near as good a shot as this :toast:




Ian