Yellow hammer (OTT)

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9 replies

Posted by John Robinson on April 14, 2009 at 5:45 PM

Bit slushy but not my fault it sat in an apple tree - or was it ??
D200 Sigma 50-500
640 ISO 160th @f8
JohnR

Posted by Major Gilbert on April 14, 2009 at 6:04 PM

Nice one John. Dont see many in apple trees so thats an added bonus.

Major.

Posted by Ian Mason on April 14, 2009 at 6:19 PM

Looks good to me! Wish mine would play in decent light.

Posted by Justin on April 14, 2009 at 6:43 PM

Very nice bird in an equally attractive setting

Posted by John Robinson on April 14, 2009 at 6:46 PM

Thanks all.
I couldn't make my mind up about this one. Sometimes blossom can be a bit OTT. I suppose it depends on the audience a lot.
Cheers
JohnR

Posted by Mike Smith on April 15, 2009 at 1:45 AM

Probably needs to be in blackthorn or wild cherry blossom rather than apple blossom, the large individual flowers in this setting looks too contrived for a farm hedgerow bird

You certainly get a fantastic variety of birds in your garden!

Posted by Guy Rogers on April 15, 2009 at 2:43 AM

Hello John.

Very nice.

Nice setting and the crop works well which makes for a good composition..

Might just clone out the out of focus branch bottom right. We have a very nice clear back ground on this and I feel it would be better with out it.

Posted by Jeroen Stel on April 15, 2009 at 3:04 AM

Wonderful setting and lovely bird!
Well done John!

Greetings,

Jeroen Stel

Posted by John Robinson on April 15, 2009 at 7:10 AM

Thanks all.
In fact Kieth Mitchell spent the weekend doing them and other stuff in blackthorn but I wanted to go one better !! he's got a posher camera than me so I thought I,d have some bigger blossom !!

Cheers
Thanks for looking
JohnR

Posted by Malcolm Muir on April 15, 2009 at 12:36 PM

Very nice John and don't mind the apple blossom at all. Any shots I have of these are in a spaghetti like mass of hawthorn twigs - it's nice to see a "yaurlin" out in the open.

Malcolm