Wheatear

Discussion

14 replies

Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 24, 2009 at 3:55 PM

Wheatear, really liked the BG on this one and it's of one of my favorite birds, so I was quite pleased with the shot, thanks for looking.

1D3, 500F4IS+1.4T/c, Gitzo, Wimberley
1/160th @ F8 -1/3rd Ex-comp iso400

All comments welcome

Andy...

Posted by Craig Jones on April 24, 2009 at 3:57 PM

Lovely photo, and the BG is great

love the nice light on the bird and also the little catch light in the eye, Well done

Posted by Bertl Menegoni on April 24, 2009 at 4:50 PM

Very nice portrait of this shy bird.
Well done,
Bertl

Posted by Andy Snape on April 24, 2009 at 5:18 PM

Thats a lovely image Andy, nicely diffused background, top shot

Posted by Barrie Courtenay on April 24, 2009 at 6:04 PM

Lovely looking bird Andy

Posted by Ian Macdermott on April 24, 2009 at 6:11 PM

Cracking shot Andy

Ian

Posted by Austin Thomas on April 24, 2009 at 6:20 PM

Well done Andy,

Great foreground, background and good eye contact. Nice and sharp as well for 1/160th with that lens combination.

Cheers

Austin

Posted by Terry Longley on April 24, 2009 at 6:40 PM

Very nicely taken Andy, really stands out against that delightful background.

Regards
Terry.

Posted by Anthony House on April 25, 2009 at 3:41 AM

Nice to meet you yesterday Andy, looks like the mark3 worked fine on this shot, very nice....

Tony

Posted by Guy Rogers on April 25, 2009 at 3:01 PM

Hello Andy.

Very nice example of the lovely looking bird.

Posted by John Robinson on April 25, 2009 at 3:11 PM

Nice one Andy. Pity the post wasn't a bit smaller !!
Love these birds.
JohnR

Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 25, 2009 at 3:48 PM

Thanks for the very nice comments chaps, their always appreciated and valued

Nice to meet you too Tony, thanks for the tip re the inner nine focus points when using the ROF in servo mode.

Andy...

Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on April 25, 2009 at 7:37 PM

Thats a lovely image Andy.

Phil.

Posted by Dave Bartlett on April 26, 2009 at 4:27 AM

Really nice and simple - just how I lke them. Top shot.

Dave

Posted by eric weight on April 26, 2009 at 7:31 AM

Perfectly executed shot. Spot on.

Eric