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Posted by Justin on January 2, 2009 at 5:40 AM
Blue Tit.
Canon 5D, Canon 500mm f4 & Canon 1.4X Extender,
1/125 sec @ f10, iso 1600.

Small crop off the sides and top for web presentation.
Levels, hue/saturation, Neatimage.


Hi,

One from a couple of days ago.
A beautiful, frosty day but light levels were very low so had to bump the iso up to 1600.

LARGER VERSION


All comments always welcome and appreciated.


Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 2, 2009 at 6:25 AM
Spot on Justin
Posted by Rene de Heer on January 2, 2009 at 6:30 AM
Superb!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Ian Mason on January 2, 2009 at 7:53 AM
As good as it gets! I wouldn't have guessed this was iso 1600.
Posted by F.DESMETTE on January 2, 2009 at 10:03 AM
Very nice indeed!
Frederic
Posted by Larry Corbett on January 2, 2009 at 10:23 AM
Hi Justin

It's been along time since I had chance to comment on one of your fab' pics!!

My 5d is great at high ISO's too

The results of the west warwickshire jury are as follows:

Composition 12 points
Lighting 11 points
(dull, overcast light is highly underestimated., but does wonders for colour and detail!!)
Background 12 points
Viewpoint 12 points
Colours 12 points
Pose of subject - 12 points
Condition of subject - immaculate err I mean 12 points

It's an absolute cracker mate!!

Might also have been tempted to take another shot with a very weak burst of frontal fill flash set at -2 or -3ev using 1 flashgun just to see what difference it made to the light on the perch/underside of birds No crit's!! That's just what I would have done.

Posted by Dave Courtenay on January 2, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Beautiful image-no nits

Dave :wavey:
Posted by PhilH on January 2, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Excellent Justin.... a pleasure to view .....

All the best

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by jack chapman on January 2, 2009 at 12:16 PM
beautiful image, couldn't have told it was 1600 even on the large version
Posted by Dave Bartlett on January 2, 2009 at 1:05 PM
It's all been said - great shot, especially the large version :toast:

Dave
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on January 2, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Absolutely TOP!!
:toast: :toast:
Bertl
Posted by Magnus Hird on January 2, 2009 at 2:45 PM
Gorgeous Justin and the large version is amazing. Would have no idea it was this high ISO :smile:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on January 2, 2009 at 4:32 PM
Brilliant,superb image

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on January 2, 2009 at 4:50 PM
Superb image Justin.

Phil.

:toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Justin on January 2, 2009 at 5:48 PM
The results of the west warwickshire jury are as follows:

Composition 12 points
Lighting 11 points
(dull, overcast light is highly underestimated., but does wonders for colour and detail!!)
Background 12 points
Viewpoint 12 points
Colours 12 points
Pose of subject - 12 points
Condition of subject - immaculate err I mean 12 points



Hi Larry,

Good to see you're still around. :wavey:

That's a very generous score from the West Warwickshire jury, unless those marks are out of 100 :wink: :biggrin:
Posted by Paul Hillion on January 2, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Straight out the top drawer :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Tom Smit on January 3, 2009 at 2:43 AM
Great shot.
:toast:
Posted by Lee Newman on January 3, 2009 at 5:30 AM
Good one, Really like how all the feather details are visible & the perch looks good too.
just a great image.

Lee
Posted by John Varley on January 3, 2009 at 6:51 AM
Absolute cracker Justin. :toast: :toast:

John

Posted by Graeme Lee on January 3, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Out of 100? :biggrin:

Superb Justin..as usual! :toast:
Posted by Justin on January 3, 2009 at 8:03 PM
:biggrin: Cheers Graeme
Posted by Nick on January 5, 2009 at 8:04 AM
A nice shot Justin, but I'm surprised no-one has commented on the perch....