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Northern Wheatear

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Posted by Lewis Thomson on March 27, 2010 at 4:20 PM
Northern Wheatear

Hi all,

My first migrant image of the year, lots of these along the Severn at the mo. Sorry to all you bird on a stick haters out there, I'm sure you'll get over it :biggrin: !

Advice and critique welcome.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Canon 5D mkII
Canon 500mm f4 IS + 1.4x
Tripod
ISO 400
f5.6
1/800
75% of full frame.
Posted by David Taylor on March 27, 2010 at 5:35 PM
Our feathered friends are not really my thing, but congratulations on your first migrant of the year. :smile: :wavey:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on March 27, 2010 at 5:51 PM
Sorry Lewis, but is it me, or does it look a little odd against the BG? :confused:
Posted by Jeremy on March 27, 2010 at 6:01 PM
Yes, almost looks as if it's been pasted on! Great shot, though. Not seen one yet this year.
Posted by Lewis Thomson on March 27, 2010 at 6:05 PM

Ha ha, I predicted this response, nothing has been done to this shot bar normal processing (levels, sharpening etc). The bg is a grass field.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 27, 2010 at 6:12 PM
Hi Lewis,

first off its not bird on a stick its a bird on a post and if thats where it landed then I see no problem with it. :smile:

Lovely shot :toast:

I too have not seen one this year either.
Posted by Philip Newman on March 28, 2010 at 4:52 AM
Very typical and very successful. :toast:

Phil Newman
Posted by Nigel Blake on March 28, 2010 at 5:17 AM
Nice image of this Wheatear on a very typical (for them) perch; I like it!
Posted by Austin Thomas on March 28, 2010 at 5:30 AM
Good to see them back on a typical post.

Cheers

Austin
Posted by John Chapman on March 28, 2010 at 5:31 AM
Hi Lewis, a very nice capture and I like the BG. :toast:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on March 28, 2010 at 6:43 AM
A very nice capture, Lewis. :smile:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on March 28, 2010 at 1:47 PM

Thanks all for the positive comments, I appreciate it.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by Craig Jones on March 28, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Cracking image,love the colours and composition :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Phil Mclean on March 28, 2010 at 5:03 PM
Agree with Craig but as you seemed to expect,it does look like a cut out.But it's still cracking.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on March 29, 2010 at 6:30 AM
it's not often that we say it, but this one probably suffers from the background being too uniform. I remember having similar trouble with a grasshopper shot last summer. No matter what I did to it, the background looked wrong because it was too uniform. That nit aside, this is a great shot. Lovely pose and perch.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on March 29, 2010 at 10:18 AM

Yeah, thanks guys, I won't be uploading shots with such a "perfect bg" in future through fear of the image being classed as fake. Lesson learnt. Quite sad really, but a sign of the times I guess with heightened suspicion lately and software capabilities. I actually still have this file on the cf card in my camera, if anyone still has a problem with the image then I'm quite happy for you to pm me to discuss it further.

Cheers,

Lewis.
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