Posted by Colin Crowdey on January 17, 2009 at 7:51 PM
Hello,
This Rook appears to be about to take off, however, he was perfectly willing to stay where he was but it was so windy he was being blown all over the place.
Rooks are not just the inky black birds we assume they are, their coloring is quite beautiful when caught in the right light.
This is about 80% of crop, took 20% of the LHS for the comp,
D300 + Sigma 300-800mm at 800mm. 1/640 second at 5.g ISO 500 + 1.0 EV
Tripod and Gimbal head.
cheers for looking
Colin
Posted by Simon Litten on January 18, 2009 at 5:35 AM
Great capture - nice one.
Simon
Posted by Paul Gibbs on January 18, 2009 at 5:41 AM
Nice, you caught the colours... nice lens too... /me is envyous...
I couldn't agree more about the Rook. We have plenty of them visiting our garden and plain they are not. Nicely composed image, well exposed and a lovely setting for the bird.
Robert
This is great Colin. The composition is good, the pose of the bird interesting, and you have managed to bring out those irridescences really well with nice light.
Greg
Posted by Lee Newman on January 19, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Discussion
6 repliesThis Rook appears to be about to take off, however, he was perfectly willing to stay where he was but it was so windy he was being blown all over the place.
Rooks are not just the inky black birds we assume they are, their coloring is quite beautiful when caught in the right light.
This is about 80% of crop, took 20% of the LHS for the comp,
D300 + Sigma 300-800mm at 800mm. 1/640 second at 5.g ISO 500 + 1.0 EV
Tripod and Gimbal head.
cheers for looking
Colin
Simon
Robert
Greg
Lee