Posted by John Robinson on December 29, 2008 at 7:49 AM
Fieldfare
Still taking charge of the apple tree. Green Woody is the only bird not scared off by him.Nice to get the tail up behind the head I thought.
D200 Sigma 50-500mm From horizontal so a big crop - about a quarter of the frame.
ISO 800
125th F8
Paint Shop Prop.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by F.DESMETTE on December 29, 2008 at 8:48 AM
Stunning again!
Frederic
Posted by Mike Smith on December 29, 2008 at 10:59 AM
Very nice subject and positioning, but a small nit it either could hold some more sharpening, or is suffering from the large crop, overall the image doesn't seem to have your usual crispness to it
Mike
Posted by Tom Smit on December 29, 2008 at 1:36 PM
Hi John,
Great shot. Certainly with his tail up exactly in line with his head and body.
Posted by Mark Hamblin on December 29, 2008 at 2:00 PM
Cracking pose, John. Very unusual - works well. Cheers, Mark
Posted by John Robinson on December 29, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Heres the full frame.
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Ian Mason on December 29, 2008 at 2:50 PM
Great pose. I actually think a looser crop would be better with this one.
Posted by Magnus Hird on December 29, 2008 at 3:16 PM
Love the tail positioning, they do seem to be pretty stroppy at times from my limited encounters with them. Agree with Ian - maybe cropping the right just inside the full vertical branch (and cloning out the twig off the top of it!) and the left where the last twig leaves the frame?
Posted by Matt Cole on December 29, 2008 at 4:33 PM
very nice light and a great pose. I think I'd prefer a looser crop as well.
Matt
Posted by Barry Southon on December 30, 2008 at 4:27 AM
John
I tend to prefer the detailed crop and what's revealed about the species. Is the crop factor individual taste or preferences? Or do rules apply as per the thirds? I find I lose quality with too much cropping.
Barry
Eastbourne
Posted by John Robinson on December 30, 2008 at 5:20 AM
Hi Barry
It's a hard question to answer. In fact maybe there isn't one ! Its up to both individual taste and rules apply as well.
This shot can be cropped in many ways( I 've tried about 7 so far !), but I went for the original one because I thought the interesting pose was more important than a nicely arranged shot with the twigs included. I think something in between is the answer. As you can see its a big crop and so the imperfections are more noticeable.
Cheers
John
Posted by eric weight on December 31, 2008 at 12:46 AM
I like the crop as is, John and it is a very interesting bit of behaviour that we don't see a lot, so well worthwhile. However as you have pointed out the crop doesn't help quality. I see these sort of shots as both worth keeping for what the bird is doing and as another step on the road to getting a full frame version. I have loads of them, all of which I hope to repeat closer up! Eric
Discussion
11 repliesStill taking charge of the apple tree. Green Woody is the only bird not scared off by him.Nice to get the tail up behind the head I thought.
D200 Sigma 50-500mm From horizontal so a big crop - about a quarter of the frame.
ISO 800
125th F8
Paint Shop Prop.
Cheers
JohnR
Frederic
Mike
Great shot. Certainly with his tail up exactly in line with his head and body.
Cheers
JohnR
Matt
I tend to prefer the detailed crop and what's revealed about the species. Is the crop factor individual taste or preferences? Or do rules apply as per the thirds? I find I lose quality with too much cropping.
Barry
Eastbourne
It's a hard question to answer. In fact maybe there isn't one ! Its up to both individual taste and rules apply as well.
This shot can be cropped in many ways( I 've tried about 7 so far !), but I went for the original one because I thought the interesting pose was more important than a nicely arranged shot with the twigs included. I think something in between is the answer. As you can see its a big crop and so the imperfections are more noticeable.
Cheers
John