Always a nice bird to see on a waterway. Good quality shot as usual.
My only (very) minor nit would have been the framing - but I don't know why!! At first I thought I'd liked to have seen the bird with a touch more headroom, but looking again, I'm not sure.
Intitial problem was random overexposure then Err mesage on top and camera locked up.
Superb service by Nikon NPS turned around in five days new shutter unit ,under warranty thankfuly!
Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk
Posted by Mark Davies on April 22, 2009 at 9:10 AM
Hi Craig, firstly Nikon.. me too with D3 problems with the CD err coming up regularly .This is Card Reader error and apparantly more common than Nikon will let on to,it too locks up the camera at the most inoppurtune moment .NP with the exposure and I'll get round to returning it ,eventually
Nice pic by the way ,like the complimentary angle of branch to bird.
Don’t see that many of these perched up like this, and with a still tail. An excellent capture really nice shot.
Posted by John Robinson on April 22, 2009 at 9:38 AM
Nice one Craig.
Teeny bit bright on my monitor but maybe my head's moved again.Cheers
John
Posted by Terry Longley on April 22, 2009 at 11:51 AM
Well captured on the perch, it does look a tad bright to me too.
Regards
Terry.
Posted by Mark Hamblin on April 22, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Lovely portrait of this colourful bird. A touch bright / contrasty perhaps but minor crit. To me the light falling onto the bird is slightly uneven as though a leaf or similar is casting a very minor shadow.
Posted by Kim Connolly on April 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Beautiful composition Craig. Lots of detail and lovely colour.
Posted by Austin Thomas on April 22, 2009 at 7:58 PM
Hi Craig,
Nice image, good eye contact and a well exposed subject.
Greens in BKGR look a little bright and I'd take some off the right and if you have it add a little bit to the top.
Discussion
10 repliesDifficult to frame as the bird always looks to the right so have left room to play with!
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Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk
Always a nice bird to see on a waterway. Good quality shot as usual.
My only (very) minor nit would have been the framing - but I don't know why!! At first I thought I'd liked to have seen the bird with a touch more headroom, but looking again, I'm not sure.
Nice shot, cheers,
Chris
PS. What went wrong with the D3 out of interest?
Intitial problem was random overexposure then Err mesage on top and camera locked up.
Superb service by Nikon NPS turned around in five days new shutter unit ,under warranty thankfuly!
Craig
www.craigchurchill.co.uk
Nice pic by the way ,like the complimentary angle of branch to bird.
Teeny bit bright on my monitor but maybe my head's moved again.Cheers
John
Regards
Terry.
Nice image, good eye contact and a well exposed subject.
Greens in BKGR look a little bright and I'd take some off the right and if you have it add a little bit to the top.
Cheers
Austin