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Reed warbler

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Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 23, 2009 at 6:11 AM
Reed warbler
I found a couple of these being very cooperative, but sharing their reedbed with a zillion mossies. It might just be a reed warbler, but behind this simple image lies a whole world of pain ..!

Dave

1DMkIII + 500mm + 1.4x TC
1/1250sec at f/8 and ISO200 and +2/3EV
Routine adjustments in LR2; about 70% of the frame
Posted by Craig Jones on May 23, 2009 at 6:34 AM
Worth the pain though for this!! beautiful light on the bird,lovely composition, very nice :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Ray on May 23, 2009 at 6:53 AM
An excellent capture, I think I would have considered a slight crop, bottom & L.H. side to remove those reeds.

I would also have considered using f4 or 5.6, in order to throw the BG out even further, as the Bg is bordering on being rather intrusive as is.

As I said above, an excellent capture which any of us would have been pleased to have had the opportunity to have taken.
Posted by Liam Pauling on May 23, 2009 at 7:00 AM
Lovely image Dave, I wish they would pose like that for me!


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Posted by Jorne de Bruin on May 23, 2009 at 8:02 AM
Lovely image! The pose and light are great! :wavey:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on May 23, 2009 at 4:00 PM
Yes, I think on reflection that I did bite off rather more dof than I needed to! The bird was under 5m away, so I was hoping to get more of it focus than I usually do at that sort of range!

Dave
Posted by David Kjaer on May 25, 2009 at 5:12 AM
Hi Dave

A classic Reed Warbler image - very nice!

David :toast: