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garden birdlife - dunnock (3)

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Posted by jeff acreman on July 23, 2009 at 4:41 PM
garden birdlife - dunnock (3)
usual garden setup, photo taken into sky light, therefore back lit some what

focal length 800mm
1/1000, f11, iso 400

jeff acreman
Posted by Mark Hamblin on July 23, 2009 at 4:48 PM
Jeff, the portrait of the dunnock is very nice but I feel that a darker background of muted colours would really do it justice.
Posted by John Robinson on July 23, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Yes I agree. lovely sharp Dunnock. Backgrounds are becoming more important almost than the subject. I never used to think about the background and bright twigs etc, but by golly I do now !!
Cheers
johnR
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 23, 2009 at 5:16 PM
The best of your series Jeff. As mentioned above, your backgrounds wants some work but a big step up from your previous garden birds. With this one I would put a very thin black keyline around it just to seperate the frame.

Robert
Posted by Craig Jones on July 23, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Nits covered, brillant detail in the bird and I love the look caught, an over-looked bird I feel, lovely portrait of this handsome bird :wink: :wink: :wavey: