Buzzard

This fella was lurking about in one of the fields by Gigrin I suppose he was waiting near by for the time when the kites are to be fed,have left the grasses because I think it gives a natural feel to it and thats how it was

Canon 50D,Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor,ISO 400,F5.6,1/800

Great shot Karren, being eye level has really helped.

Colours looks a bit off need a boost imho, did you set the wb to cloudy?



liam

thanks Liam never use cloudy always auto I thought the colour looked ok to be honest quite natural have many different variations of the buzzards different light etc different colours of the buzzards.

Hi Karen

Nice one - colours look OK to me as you say they are very variable!

David

Nice! I like the low pov and the grasses are actually very pleasing in the composition - quite often you'd be reaching for the digital rubber to get rid of them but I really like the artful randomness of them here.

Karen, great shot, strong eye contact and perfect pov.

Lovely shot Karen, great BG!
Regards,
Paul.

Great shot Karen, colours look ok to me. I like it a lot.

Looks ok to me.
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JohnR

great detail and point of view, would personally probably give the picture a bit more contrast, brightness,saturation in processing but depends on taste, i appreciate some prefer a more realistic rendering

Looks fine to me. A like the intense look in its eye. Very nice.

Very nice low view point buzzard image. Colours look fine and as david states buzzard have many colour variations.
Rene de Heer

The low view point is really very nice. I also like the eye contact. Great shot.

Colours look fine from this end too, just how I'd expect to see them on a cool Winter's day.
A good portrait with the bird a pleasing size in the frame. I like the soft light too.

A nice viewpoint, and I like the detail. The colours look OK to me.

David

PoV makes it and I like the natural feel conveyed by the grass. Cracking portrait.

Cheers,
Chris

Nice one Karen

had a look Saturday but no Buzzards lurking any closer than the hides

The POV makes this image for me,bringing you level with the Buzzards view,great detail

Really nice capture Karen and as has been mentioned the POV makes the shot. One of my favourite raptors and nicely presented.

Brett

Karen

A superb capture, a fine example of the merits of LPOV.

Eye level is great,
OOF stems do not detract for me.
Colours look good.
I would give it a tiny tiny bit of Clockwise rotation.

Tony

Hi Karen, great picture. You must be pleased with this. The BG enhances the photo as well.

Hi Karen get capture, i feel it could do with a bit more PP, to add a little more POP , to the image, otherwise spot on.


Mark.G

Nice shot Karen, a great stare on the bird and a good low viewpoint

Nice!

Ian