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Another Nutty

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 21, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Another Nutty
Hi to all,

One from this morning, Nuthatch on a mossy branch, how does this look in terms of noise?, thanks for looking.

Converted in DPP / Processed in CS2 ( Cropped for comp and a couple of pieces of moss cloned )

1D3, 500F4IS+1.4Tc, Gitzo1325, Wimberley v2
1/100th @ F5.6 -2/3rds E/comp iso1250 :eek:

All comments welcome

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Rob Howard on December 21, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Hi Andy,

Noise looks more than acceptable to me!! The bird looks a bit small on that big perch though for me!

Regards

Rob
Posted by Ian Mason on December 21, 2008 at 1:32 PM
I can hardly see any noise and certainly wouldn't have noticed had I not been specifically looking. I agree the perch is a bit dominant, but I would be happy to even see one of these.
Posted by John Robinson on December 21, 2008 at 1:33 PM
I like the sweep of the branch and the whole thing looks OK to me except for one minor nit. A little too much moss in my opinion. A bit of branch or bark would just break it up a bit.
Good stuff though.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Alan Woolnough on December 21, 2008 at 1:52 PM
Noise looks fine to my eyes Andy, and i like the typical pose!

Attractive branch, and although maybe a touch thick for some tastes, it works pretty well for me, and its always good to have some variety :toast:

Alan
Posted by Greg Hitchcock on December 21, 2008 at 2:22 PM
This is really nice Andrew. I like the composition and the branch - is it natural or a set up? Noise doesn't seem to be much of an issue.

Greg
Posted by Matt Cole on December 21, 2008 at 3:08 PM
noise looks fine, I like this a lot. I can see why some would think the perch a bit thick, but I think it works well.

Matt
Posted by John Varley on December 21, 2008 at 3:37 PM
Works well for me Andy, looks nice and clean. :toast:

John
Posted by Andy Shepherd on December 21, 2008 at 3:41 PM


Cheers guys, thanks for the comments :toast:

Hi Greg, it's a shot from my Nuthatch site which has a variety of branches / logs set up, this particular branch had been set up for the resident GSW's but none have used i so far :frown:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Tim Gregory on December 21, 2008 at 4:13 PM
Nice shot Andy, like the green perch!

I can make out some noise in the background, although you probably lost a lot of it in the downsample..

Perhaps some targeted noise reduction would improve it by totally removing the background noise.
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on December 22, 2008 at 8:23 AM
Noise looks fine. Lovely shot, but the perch is a bit dominant for me.
Posted by Elliott Neep on December 22, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Very nice composition. Thought the perch was a bit too large on first impression, but on second look, it works really well, conveying the small size of the bird. Can see the noise, but it is no more than a scanned tranny.
:toast:
Posted by Magnus Hird on December 22, 2008 at 4:22 PM
Hi Andy, a very nice shot and my only nit is the perch - just a bit too big for me. Wonder if cropping at at the bottom to have the mossy branh framing the two sides would reduce its volume but keep the lovely mossy colours? :smile: