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Nutty

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 18, 2008 at 2:42 PM
Nutty
Hi to all,

One from my Nuthatch set up, I had a lovely branch covered in Sow's Ear fungus all ready set up but the nutty's weren't playing ball, thanks for looking.

Converted in DPP / Prcessed in CS2 ( Cropped and a small piece of branch cloned from the bottom left )

1D3, 500F4IS, Gitzo1325, Wimberley v2
1/250th @ F5.6 -2/3rds E/comp iso800

ps

Just noticed after posting that the Nutty is a little large in the frame and the BG noise is still evident, I think a little more pp work is needed, what do you think?

All comments welcome

Andy... :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on December 18, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Looks OK to me for this site Andrew.
A tiny bit over to the left would help maybe but nice as is.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Dave Courtenay on December 18, 2008 at 2:56 PM
Looks good to me-the pose is very nice and pin sharp

Dave :toast:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on December 18, 2008 at 3:11 PM
I like the matching colours of the bird and the perch and the way the foot just appears over the stump. Very nice :toast:

Dave
Posted by Andy Astbury on December 18, 2008 at 3:49 PM
One of the most appealing 'upright' nutty shots I've seen Andrew - nice :toast:
Posted by Justin on December 18, 2008 at 5:08 PM
The size of the Nuthatch in the frame looks fine to me and if there is any noise in the background I don't find it obvious or that it spoils the image.
I love the upright pose and very much like the perch too.
A very nice image and good to have this slightly less conventional pose in your collection.
:toast:
Posted by Colin Crowdey on December 18, 2008 at 6:31 PM
love the pose on this one, differs refreshingly from the regular pics posted of Nuttys. Nice and sharp, size is not a distraction. As mentioned a touch to the left would improve comp a little, but not a real drama.

cheers

Colin
Posted by Brett Lewis on December 19, 2008 at 6:12 AM
I'm always looking for something 'different' when I observe or take photos.. This is a very different 'Nutty' picture and to that extent works really very well. Well isolated from the BG and the very subtle amount of noise really is not distracting at all. I like the pose and clarity of detail on both bird and stump. Nice one..!

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Paul Ashton on December 19, 2008 at 11:04 AM
Nice to see one of my favourite birds in a more unusual pose.

Paul
Posted by Lee Newman on December 19, 2008 at 11:38 AM
Good one
:toast:
Posted by Ben Simmonds on December 19, 2008 at 12:37 PM
brilliant, love it - these guys are so fast and to catch him like this takes good reactions well done
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on December 19, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Very nice pose Andrew, good timing.
greetings,
Bertl
Posted by Alan Woolnough on December 19, 2008 at 2:29 PM
Nicely done Andy,

I like this loads :toast:

Alan
Posted by Magnus Hird on December 19, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Cracking Andy, like this as is - not too big or noisy. The branch is an attractive perch and the pose very different - makes you wonder what its looking at out of frame :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 19, 2008 at 3:06 PM


Thanks for the comments guys, as always, very much appreciated :toast:

Andy... :smile: