Siskin

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Posted by Ian Mason on July 5, 2009 at 12:13 PM

1D2n, 600mm f4 is x1.4, 1/500s, f8, iso 400. Fill flash -1.33. Slight crop from left. Cloned a small piece of lichen on stem to hide bright knot. Background is distant grass.

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Posted by Justin on July 5, 2009 at 12:16 PM

A lovely sharp and detailed portrait. I like the perch too and the background.
Only nit is, have you darkened the background slightly, because you've missed the bit between the birds legs

Posted by Ian Mason on July 5, 2009 at 12:29 PM

Thanks Justin - no idea how I missed that

Posted by Craig Jones on July 5, 2009 at 12:46 PM

Love the photo, great detail, the colours are stunning and BG is spot on, love the perch Ian

Posted by John Robinson on July 5, 2009 at 1:31 PM

Great Summer ? Siskin shot Ian
Nice positioning which can be difficult on a slanter.
Cheers
john

Posted by Graeme Lee on July 5, 2009 at 2:15 PM

Excellent image and a great perch. Makes all the difference.

Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 5, 2009 at 2:48 PM

Hi a excellent image.

Phil.

Posted by Edwin kats on July 5, 2009 at 3:18 PM

Nice work. A bit of a head turn would make this even better.

Edwin Kats

Posted by keith mitchell on July 5, 2009 at 5:00 PM

Ian looks great to me,very nice shot.

Keith.

Posted by Guy Rogers on July 5, 2009 at 5:18 PM

Hello Ian.

Very nice subject these Siskins and I like this. The perch is very nice and the background as worked well. Think you made the right choice in darkening the background.

Posted by Dave Bartlett on July 5, 2009 at 6:38 PM

Its all been said, but great detail and background

Posted by Des Ong on July 5, 2009 at 7:17 PM

Ditto above comments, a lovely shot.

Posted by PhilH on July 6, 2009 at 4:27 AM

Nice detail in the bird... however I have said it before I am not a fan of altering bg's it always shows... Think I would prefer a tad less space above and a bit more below but that is minor.