Posted by Lee Newman on January 28, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Taken at my local nature reserve where he was hanging around one of the feeding stations.
I like the colour in the bird but because of how its stood I was not sure of the best crop to suit. Does this work?
Canon EOS 20D, 70-300mm, AV mode F4.5, 1/25th ISO 400
The composition works for me, I would consider cloning out some of the seed and that grass stem tho’.
A great pity you didn’t have better light in order to bring out the incredible iridescence that you can get on the feathering. Still, you know where he is going to be, assuming he doesn’t have a chat with the local fox first.
Posted by Ian Mason on January 28, 2009 at 4:59 PM
Composition is fine by me, but a lower shooting angle would have separated the bird from the background a little.
Posted by John Chapman on January 29, 2009 at 8:20 AM
Nice capture Lee.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on February 1, 2009 at 5:03 AM
Discussion
5 repliesI like the colour in the bird but because of how its stood I was not sure of the best crop to suit. Does this work?
Canon EOS 20D, 70-300mm, AV mode F4.5, 1/25th ISO 400
All comments / advice welcome
Lee
Billy
A great pity you didn’t have better light in order to bring out the incredible iridescence that you can get on the feathering. Still, you know where he is going to be, assuming he doesn’t have a chat with the local fox first.
Nice shot Lee, nits covered.
Shep...