My berries

not very seasonal despite how cold it is ,i had about 30 redwings in my holly tree which they stripped bare in days !

20d
90-300@250mm
1/100@f8
iso 200

Indeed a very nice seasonal image, a slight headturn might improve the image.
Rene de Heer

Very nice framing and I agree about the head turn; however I think the foreground foliage, sadly, looks sharper than the bird in this shot, a shame as it has the makings of being a great image.

Nits covered. Good seasonal job though.
JohnR

Hi Simon,

Nice try but its not sharp where it counts sadly

shame about the sharpness but I love the habitat its in

Lovely setting!

David

thanks for all the comments

Such a shame the bird isn't that bit sharper as the setting is superb.

great image, would make a nice christmas card, agree with the above comments on sharpness.

Cheers
Mark.G

Simon, I don't think you can entirely overcome the sharpness problem, but you can improve things a little if you take the following steps:

1. Selectively sharpen the bird only in Photoshop.
2. Make a duplicate layer and treat this to a very mild blurring using gaussian blur.
3. Use the eraser tool to rub away the blurry area over the bird only
4. Merge visible and save.

As I say, it won't be perfect, but hopefully it will be an improvement.

David

i'll give that a go david ,still learning all this stuff theres alot to learn too !.

Simon