Posted by Paul Rosser on February 9, 2010 at 4:24 PM
Taken a couple of weeks ago. I cropped this image, then extended the canvas on the LHS to aid composition, hope you like it, all comments most welcome.
I love the pose and the fact that the background colour very closely matches the Nuthatches front.
Only nit for me is the peanut in the beak. Just a personal thing really but I'm not keen on artificial foodstuff showing, at least not in these types of situations anyway. Everything else is spot on.
A good tip I picked up is to put the peanuts in a blender before putting them out. They're less obvious in the shot and the birds come back much more frequently, allowing more photo opportunities.
Posted by John Robinson on February 9, 2010 at 5:39 PM
Hi Paul
Nice nutty shot but I don't think its a good idea to include the nut in the beak if you want comments.Sounds daft but it always seems to put people off.
Doesn't bother me- its not that different from chucking meat out for semi tame Kites.
I use pastry mix - -it doesn't show so much.!
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by John Chapman on February 10, 2010 at 3:40 AM
Hi Paul, great capture and I agree with the cther comments.
Posted by David Sewell on February 10, 2010 at 5:15 AM
I like the composition, and I've learned a lot about baiting as well. Thanks, John and Justin.
David
Posted by Jeroen Stel on February 10, 2010 at 5:54 AM
Agree with Justin on the peanut but love the pose.
Jeroen Stel
Posted by Ian Macdermott on February 10, 2010 at 6:40 AM
Nice one Paul,
I agree with he comments about the peanut in beak, but its still a very nice shot
Posted by Andy Astbury on February 10, 2010 at 7:26 AM
Nits covered, processing looks good and your canvass extension has worked well too Paul
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on February 10, 2010 at 1:15 PM
Works fine for me Paul,
color and mood is stunning
Bertl
Discussion
8 repliesCanon EOS 7D, Sigma 150-500mm lens.
f8, 1/250sec, ISO 200, @318mm
I love the pose and the fact that the background colour very closely matches the Nuthatches front.
Only nit for me is the peanut in the beak. Just a personal thing really but I'm not keen on artificial foodstuff showing, at least not in these types of situations anyway. Everything else is spot on.
A good tip I picked up is to put the peanuts in a blender before putting them out. They're less obvious in the shot and the birds come back much more frequently, allowing more photo opportunities.
Nice nutty shot but I don't think its a good idea to include the nut in the beak if you want comments.Sounds daft but it always seems to put people off.
Doesn't bother me- its not that different from chucking meat out for semi tame Kites.
I use pastry mix - -it doesn't show so much.!
Cheers
JohnR
David
Jeroen Stel
I agree with he comments about the peanut in beak, but its still a very nice shot
color and mood is stunning
Bertl