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Magpie

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Posted by John Robinson on November 26, 2009 at 4:15 PM
Magpie
Magpie Pool 2
Sorry another pool shot.
Great birds to watch at close quarters.
D200
Usual setup.
JohnR
Posted by Marcus Conway on November 26, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Top notch John. Love the cheeky expression. Not so keen on the background if I had to pick something.

Well underrated birds, magpies. :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on November 26, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Thanks Marcus
The only reason I posted this was as a example of a black and white bird in bright sunlight in a highly reflective aquatic situation. and with no "photoshop " processing. :smile:
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Mark Hamblin on November 27, 2009 at 4:05 AM
Great shot of a species not often seen at a pond. Minor crit is that the foreground leaves hide the reflection slightly.
Posted by keith mitchell on November 27, 2009 at 4:06 AM
I like it John.
:toast: Mitch.
Posted by Andy Astbury on November 27, 2009 at 4:08 AM
Hard bird to image this well John - nits covered :wavey:
Posted by David Sewell on November 27, 2009 at 4:22 AM
I don't know about you, John, but I find these birds, although confiding, far from easy to do. I think you need to drop the whites on the plumage a tad, but if this is without any post-processing I have only admiration.

David
Posted by Mike Andrews on November 27, 2009 at 4:35 AM
One of the most skittish birds to photograph usually, much harder than jays for example.

Nice detail on the bird, but the reflection would have capped it off. :toast:
Posted by Colin Crowdey on November 27, 2009 at 4:58 AM
nice shot of a hard to capture bird, shame about the OOF leaf covering up the reflection, but what can you do, you take what you see - like it

cheers

Colin
Posted by John Robinson on November 27, 2009 at 6:14 AM
Thanks all.
At times I,ve had 5 together in front of the hide.!
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Ian Macdermott on November 27, 2009 at 9:03 AM
Very nice John,

nicely exposed
:toast:

They are tricky little buggers to get a decent shot of :wink:
Posted by Kim Connolly on November 27, 2009 at 9:51 AM
Never managed a decent one of a Magpie yet. Lovely shot John. :wavey:
Posted by David Kjaer on November 27, 2009 at 10:08 AM
Hi John

Very nice image of an often very tricky species - OOF FG leaves draw your eye a little but this is a very minor nit!

David :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on November 27, 2009 at 3:28 PM
These are by far the most common birds in my garden and I don't have a decent shot of one. I'd be very happy to have taken this one. Exposure seems spot on, although my local ones seem to have rather more of a green/blue colouration :wink:
Posted by Guy Rogers on November 27, 2009 at 4:51 PM
Hello John.

You've done a good job on this and a bird I'm still have trouble getting right.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Barry Southon on November 28, 2009 at 4:32 PM
John

A very good example of one of the most difficult subjects I find. I've asked the question before on here how do you go about handling black and white birds? Which colour is the primary focus or do you leave it to PP?
:wink:
Posted by John Robinson on November 28, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Barry
I don't know really !!!
I have the camera set on low contrast, as I tend to use a high ISO setting so it reduces the noise a bit, and I have the meter setting EV
down 1 stop
Cheers
John