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Posted by tony flashman on January 20, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Magpie
Whilst out with Fran and Phil last weekend trying desperately to find something to shoot, this Magpie posed for a while on top of a straw heap. It was all I shot all day!

Nikon D3
Nikon 200-400mm
640th sec
f8
400 iso
Posted by Fran French on January 20, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Was wondering if you were going to post one of these... glad you did :smile: A nice image of the little poser, and I am glad at least you got something worth posting!

Apart from a couple of images, I managed to catch a cold :frown:

Fran :toast: :wavey: :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by David Sewell on January 20, 2010 at 12:20 PM
I did comment on this once, Tony, but my comment seems to have been deleted, along with one by Fran! Great pose, nice detail in both blacks and whites, and a good background.

David
Posted by tony flashman on January 20, 2010 at 12:34 PM
David, I uploaded and deleted the shot 3 times due to it being desaturated with each upload. This one for some reason (nothing different done) looks the same as the processed image??

Tony :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Butler on January 20, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Great pose Tony and as David says theres nice detail in the blacks and whites. :jump: :jump:
Posted by John Robinson on January 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM
Good exposure..
JR
Posted by Karen Summers on January 20, 2010 at 1:24 PM
I agree good exposure on this magpie
Posted by Paul Inglis on January 20, 2010 at 1:24 PM
Very nice Tony! Good detail in the whites!
Posted by Bronia Klima on January 20, 2010 at 3:16 PM
A lovely shot Tony and I love the composition
Bronia
Posted by Philip Newman on January 20, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Lovely image indeed.

Posted by Brett Lewis on January 20, 2010 at 4:07 PM
Turned out splendid..! Well controlled for the light conditions.. ~did you put it back in the glass case when finished..? LOL! Joke!!

Brett :toast:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on January 20, 2010 at 4:10 PM
Grreat exposure and a nice image of a much maligned but undoubtedly handsome member of the corvid tribe.
Robert
Posted by Mark Davies on January 20, 2010 at 5:13 PM
If you come away with one good shot all day ....its worth the trip . this was worth the trip
Posted by Ian Macdermott on January 20, 2010 at 5:26 PM
A belter Tony

well exposed and a nice pose :smile:
Posted by Andy Snape on January 20, 2010 at 6:56 PM
Think it's all been said, such a difficult bird to get close too so brilliant capture
:smile:
Posted by John Chapman on January 21, 2010 at 5:55 AM
Hi, nice capture and I know the feeling. :toast:
Posted by John Stuart-Clarke on January 21, 2010 at 8:04 AM
I'd take this as the fruit of a whole day's work, it's a belter. Great exposure, great detailing and a classic Magpie pose make it work for me
Posted by Guy Rogers on January 21, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Hello Tony.

Thats a cracker and the background is excellent.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by Ian Mason on January 21, 2010 at 2:38 PM
This is really good. I see a few of these every time I look out of my window and I've yet to capture a decent shot - they are so, so difficult.
Posted by PhilH on January 22, 2010 at 9:03 AM
Jeez, Fran got the Skylark, you got the Magpie.... Me I used my latest processing technique... CTRL A > Delete....

Nice one, a difficult bird.

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Paul Hobson on January 23, 2010 at 5:26 PM
very nice magpie, rock hard to do where I live

Paul

www.paulhobson.co.uk