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Collared Dove up close

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Posted by Stephen Boyd on November 5, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Collared Dove up close
D300
300 F4 + 1.4
200s
F8
ISO 640
-0.3EV

Closer than the norm! Interested to know if it works or not??
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 5, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Works for me but would prefer a tad more space on the left hand side :smile:
Apart from that its fine.



Ian
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on November 6, 2008 at 4:09 AM
Echo the comment of Ian.

Sandra.
Posted by Robert Lawrence on November 6, 2008 at 10:21 AM
Ditto for me.
Posted by eric weight on November 7, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Another common and grossly under-rated subject. I think they are beautiful and really benefit from the close-up treatment. The eye is superb, the colours subtle, my only nit is that this image is neither one thing or the other. Closer still (a head shot) or further away (the entire birs) would be better for me, but nice post all the same. Hard to believe that at the end of the fifties the closest collared dove to Britain lived in Turkey.
:wavey: Eric
Posted by Magnus Hird on November 7, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Really appreciate the colours of these birds in a shot like this. Agree about the space on the left, but think the "half bird" composition works well :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on November 7, 2008 at 6:26 PM
Needs space on the left in my opinion. A "close up " needs to be a big crop or really close in my view. But who am I ?
Hard to believe that I lived within 15 miles of the first recorded breeding pair of these birds in Lincolnshire in the 50's
JR
Posted by John Chapman on November 10, 2008 at 2:45 PM
Very nice portrait Stephen. :toast:
Posted by Justin on November 10, 2008 at 4:54 PM
Certainly works for me. A very dainty and pretty species that looks great up close like this.
:toast: :cool: