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Magpie+picture !

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Posted by John Robinson on January 25, 2010 at 7:18 AM
Not many of these in the garden. Can't think why ?! :wink:
Sorry-pic below.
Sigma 50-500
D200 iso 500
125th @f7.1
Ev down 1
Contrast down one.
Levels in PSP7
Cheers
JR
Posted by Ian Macdermott on January 25, 2010 at 7:20 AM
Did we forget to attach something John :biggrin: :biggrin:






Or is this a cruel joke :frown: :frown:
Posted by John Robinson on January 25, 2010 at 7:38 AM
Sorry Ian !
It helps to put a picture on I suppose. Now I am getting senile ! :rolleyes:
Cheers
john
Posted by Ian Macdermott on January 25, 2010 at 8:16 AM
Thought it was me for a while John :biggrin:


Anyway nice shot of one of the elusive little blighters :toast:

Nice control of the exposure :smile:
Posted by David Sewell on January 25, 2010 at 8:21 AM
Nicely caught, as I have said before, not an easy species in my opinion.

David
Posted by Andy Gregory on January 25, 2010 at 9:00 AM
Lovely crisp image of a great pose, well done :toast:
Posted by Mark Green on January 25, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Hi John, nice capture, and as said above well exposed these are tricky guys to photography and maintain all the feather details

:toast:
Mark.G
Posted by John Chapman on January 25, 2010 at 12:01 PM
Hi John, nice capture and a nice BG. :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on January 25, 2010 at 1:53 PM
Nice image and good detail. I think putting all the specs on probably overtaxed the braincells. I speak from experience John. :biggrin: :wink:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on January 25, 2010 at 2:44 PM
A very nice capture. Well done. :smile:
Posted by Mike Andrews on January 26, 2010 at 1:59 AM
Definately prefer the second John. :wink:

You do seem to have the knack of getting the exposure right on these difficult birds, as well as enticing every known bird into your garden. I'm very envious of your setup and your skills. :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on January 26, 2010 at 6:51 AM
Thanks all.
Mike
I found by haviung the ISO on 640 most of the time there was always the problem with noise in certain circumstances. That's why I usually have the camera set on low contrast. That certainly helps with the black and white jobs !
Cheers
JR
Posted by Kim Connolly on January 26, 2010 at 10:17 AM
Cracking shot John, like his pose. :toast: :toast:
Posted by Guy Rogers on January 26, 2010 at 12:28 PM
Hello John.

That is one very nice Magpie image not only is the detail lovely in the bird but the background is also very nice.

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