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Posted by Steve Race on October 11, 2009 at 7:23 PM
Redstart
A trip to Filey Brigg to capture some wader shots and came across this little gem of a bird just sat on the rocks.

Mark 1D Mark III, 500mm f/4 + 1.4tc @ f/5.6, 1/320sec, ISO 400

Thanks for looking :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on October 12, 2009 at 3:15 AM

Nice shot mate, cracking bird too.

Andy...
Posted by David Sewell on October 12, 2009 at 3:59 AM
Obviously a weekend for passerines to sit on rocks (see my posting below). Lovely shot, but where were all the waders? Only gulls, crows and robins on my local beach.

David

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Posted by Rob Ashton on October 12, 2009 at 10:26 AM
Great shot Steve. It often happens that when you go out to shoot one subject another one presents itself too. Did you get some waders too??

Rob :toast:
Posted by Fran French on October 12, 2009 at 1:01 PM
What a delightful little surprise for you! A lovely pose and good b/g colour, perhaps a tad more room across the top but otherwise a very fine image.

Fran :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on October 12, 2009 at 1:19 PM
Very nice indeed. Agree with Fran about a bit more room at the top (if thats possible) but I would be very happy to have taken this. Never yet managed one :toast:
Posted by Steve Race on October 12, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Thanks for all your comments. Great shot of the Robin David, I did manage to get some wader shots Rob, just working my way through them. I quite agree about leaving a bit more of the image above the bird, thanks Maggie & Fran for pointing that out. :wavey:
Posted by Marcus Conway on October 13, 2009 at 3:41 PM
Love the subtle background Steve.
Posted by Ian Mason on October 13, 2009 at 4:07 PM
A little gem indeed! Posing perfectly! I agree a little more room at top would be nice. I hope you don't mind, but I took this into CS4 (just upgraded) to try out the "content aware scale" tool. I just pulled the handle down a little and it is incredibly powerful. I could have gone a bit further, but at some point, distortion occurs.