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Male Stonechat

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 7, 2009 at 8:34 AM
Male Stonechat


Male Stonechat on his favorite perch, photographed on the Pembrokeshire coast last month, the harsh lighting hasn't helped, hence the rather hot wing bar, but the two tone BG looks nice, just about managed to pull out enough detail in the face ?? what do you think and thanks for looking.

DPP / CS2 ( crop for comp )

1/250th @ F8 +1/3rd iso200

Best regards

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Justin on June 7, 2009 at 8:45 AM
A good pose on an attractive perch. Lots of detail visible in the bird's face. The inclusion of the small bits of gorse right in the bottom corner work well and give a more balanced composition, than if that corner had of been empty.
Posted by Robert Lawrence on June 7, 2009 at 9:40 AM
I like it Andy. Comp works well as does the background (the colours of which complement the bird). For me the hot wing bar is a very minor nit as there is such good detail elsewhere.
Robert
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 7, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Nice image Andy :wavey:

Personally I'd have gone for the commercial DPS - clone gorse from the right corner and extended the canvass on the right to bring back the correct aspect ratio.
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 7, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Good classic pose and nice to get him on top of the gorse in flower.
Hot bits mentioned and just a bit of movement in the tail. Well done. :toast:

Major.
Posted by keith mitchell on June 7, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Very good pose and the Gorse really do lift the picture.
:toast: Keith.
Posted by Craig Jones on June 7, 2009 at 4:22 PM
Lovely photo,great detail, I like the landscape format works very well,BG spot on :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on June 8, 2009 at 2:51 AM
Very nice shot and a lovely setting.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 8, 2009 at 4:45 AM


Thanks for the comments guys :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Drew Mellowship on June 8, 2009 at 10:43 AM
All nits mentioned, really nice image and the enviro sets the bird off nicely, well done !

Drew :smile:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on June 8, 2009 at 5:06 PM
A really nice image and love the two tone background. Have been trying to get a decent shot of the male for ages. Congratulations.
Posted by Lee Newman on June 11, 2009 at 6:20 PM
good perch & comp. Good looking bird & nice two tone bg

Lee :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Cook on June 11, 2009 at 7:54 PM
lovely shot, lovely bird, the other nits have been mentioned, not sure if its down to resolution but can i see a slight editing halo around its head ?