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Male Bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) enviro

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Posted by Drew Mellowship on June 8, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Hi guys !

Here's an image I was referring to in my previous post. All C&C is most welcome as always


D200
ISO 320
1/40 @ F8 (-0.7EV)
500mm F4 P

Propped up on window and handheld.

Drew :smile:
Posted by Mike Smith on June 8, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Looks a tad back focussed to me :confused: rear left bright foliage looks much sharper than the subject - any wind induced movement perhaps?
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 8, 2009 at 11:34 AM


Nice shot of one of my bogey birds Drew, the image could do with a little lift to brighten it up and maybe a little more sharpening.

Big glass technique takes time to master, I struggled for weeks before getting consistently sharp shots with my 500F4, practice makes for sharp shots.

Andy...
Posted by Paul King on June 8, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Drew it really looks like a tad of back focus is evident here, a good service is always a bonus if it a bit older.
Posted by Maggie Campbell on June 8, 2009 at 4:58 PM
Have to agree with the rest I'm afraid. I think I might have cloned out the bottom leaf as well. But like Andy this is one of my bogey birds as well :biggrin:
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 8, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Drew to me the bird isnt sharp at all and is a little lost amongst all that greenery. Sorry.
When you use this lens do you switch to manual on the body or are you leaving it as norm and when you propp it up on a window are you not using a bean bag or similar?
Major.
Posted by Simon Litten on June 8, 2009 at 5:45 PM
I've just brightened and sharpened it in photoshop and I think it's a great little shot - just needs a bit more work processing wise. Thanks for sharing.


Simon
Posted by Justin on June 8, 2009 at 6:19 PM
A bit dark and a little soft, but as mentioned perhaps re-processing the image would bring out the best in it. Very envious as I've yet to photograph one of these attractive birds.