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Unusual Pose

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Posted by Paul Rosser on April 20, 2010 at 2:41 PM
Unusual Pose
Hi everyone, Thought I'd upload this image of the lowly Dunnock in a somewhat unusual pose. All comments most welcome as usual. :wavey:
Canon EOS 7D, Sigma 150-500mm lens, Tripod.

f6.3, 1/1000sec, ISO 200, @340mm.

Slight Canvas Extension to top, and slight crop to LHS to hopefully improve comp?
Posted by Lewis Thomson on April 20, 2010 at 2:46 PM

Hi Paul,

That is a great pose! Personally I would crop more off the left. Great detail!

Cheers,

Lewis.
:toast:
Posted by John Robinson on April 20, 2010 at 2:58 PM
I agree with Lewis on this one but still a hard one to sort out crop wise. The bird is superb though ! Any more on the right would be just tree trunk I supose.
Interesting one .
JohnR
Posted by Justin on April 20, 2010 at 3:03 PM
What a superb pose you've captured here. Excellent. :cool: :toast:
Posted by Mark Green on April 20, 2010 at 3:23 PM
one of the best dunnock pictures i have seen. really different. which makes it stand out.
i would also crop a little of the left.

:toast:
mark.g
Posted by Phil Mclean on April 20, 2010 at 3:40 PM
Excellent Paul.Again maybe a little off the left.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on April 20, 2010 at 3:43 PM
I must admit its a belter of a pose alright. I agree with most a tadge off the left .
Posted by Philip Newman on April 20, 2010 at 3:51 PM
A bird we see so rarely photographed as well as this - love it, nice shot. :toast: :toast:

Phil Newman
Posted by Paul Rosser on April 20, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Thanks for the critique guys, due to popular demand, lol. Here is a LHS crop. Any better?
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Justin on April 20, 2010 at 3:53 PM
The re-post is great and a stronger composition IMO.
Posted by Brett Lewis on April 20, 2010 at 5:57 PM
Stunning and the repost works better. Excellent detail and good DOF. Like this very much.

Brett :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on April 21, 2010 at 4:49 AM
Brilliant,love the composition,second for me,sharp as a razor too :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Dave Bartlett on April 21, 2010 at 5:06 AM
Excellent - second one for me is stronger. I like the way the 'curve' of the bird follows the curve of the tree too :toast:
Posted by Andy Gregory on April 21, 2010 at 6:28 AM
Superb shot all round :toast: :jump:
Posted by Ben Darvill on April 21, 2010 at 9:12 AM
Agree with all above - a great pose and a better second crop. Is it just me that thinks it looks a bit like a chicken?!

Ben
Posted by Fran French on April 21, 2010 at 3:57 PM
The second is definitely better, and a superb pose it is too. Looks like a dunnock to me lol, nice one.

Fran :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on April 21, 2010 at 5:03 PM
Wonderful image - especially the second. Never seen one like that!
Posted by PhilH on April 22, 2010 at 7:46 AM
A very nice Dunnock in an interesting pose... my only minor nit is that you can see on the tree where you have added canvas, not a deal breaker though and easy to correct...

:toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Bob Cox on April 25, 2010 at 6:34 AM
Stot on , where did all that neck come from . I like the way the curve ofthe bird matches the curve of the tree , nice shot.

Bob.