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Thrush with worms

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Posted by Austin Thomas on April 27, 2010 at 3:53 AM
Hi all,

The farmers are very active working on the fields close to home at the moment. I noticed one lunchtime that some birds were attracted to these freshly ploughed fields, so the next free evening I went to see if I could record any activity. The smaller birds, Wheatear and Yellow Hammer, stayed very close to the centre of the fields out of reach of the camera. This Thrush was slightly more obliging but this is still a reasonable crop from a 700mm lens combination.

C&C most welcome. 1DMK4, 500mm +1.4x, ISO800, 1/640 f5.6

Cheers

Austin
www.austin-thomas.co.uk
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 27, 2010 at 4:11 AM
Lovely habitat/behavioural image Austin, having the grub was spot on. Might crop a tad off the top personally and there looks like a slight hint of magenta overall? Probably just me. :wink:

Wondered where you have been as I haven't seen you on the circuit for a while, need to send you some stuff re MKIV too.

TFS
Steve
Posted by Austin Thomas on April 27, 2010 at 4:23 AM
Thanks Steve,

I'll wait for other comments on the magenta. The kit was calibrated in the last 2 weeks and had changed slightly.

I have been out with the MK4 a lot recently, reducing computer time which is a good thing ! Also the US forum has been quite unstable for me for a few weeks, so I am letting them fix the problem.

I'd appreciated any MK4 info. Thanks.

Austin
Posted by Ian Mason on April 27, 2010 at 4:47 AM
Lovely! Don't see these so often nowadays. I also think it is a little on the magenta side - for some reason my camera raw software adds magenta by default and I have to remember to correct it.
Posted by Mark Davies on April 27, 2010 at 5:29 AM
Colour temp aside a fine study .
Posted by John Robinson on April 27, 2010 at 5:43 AM
Good Song Thrush pic.
Interestingly I can't see the magenta ! But that's nothing new !
Cheers
JohnR

Posted by Matt Cole on April 27, 2010 at 7:00 AM
a very nice image, I like the pose and the beak full of food.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on April 27, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Hi Austin, the 'backroom boys' have, I gather fixed certain issues, and yes, it's stable, however there is a date that it will be down, but don't worry. it's in the early hours UK time. :smile:

Have sent a PM re MKIV :wavey:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on April 27, 2010 at 1:26 PM
A lovely image Austin. Like the setting and lovely detail on the Thrush but I can see some Magenta on my monitor as well. :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on April 27, 2010 at 1:26 PM
Lovely portrait :toast:


Nits covered
Posted by Phil Mclean on April 27, 2010 at 2:10 PM
I was trying for these today on the back lawn,but no luck.You on the other hand have a very nice portrait.Well done indeed.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Calum Dickson on April 27, 2010 at 2:26 PM
Liitle magenta on my monitor too Austin but that is an easily fixed nit on what is a super image.

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Calum
Posted by David Taylor on April 27, 2010 at 4:20 PM
The title reads like a medical condition. :biggrin: :wink: An excellent image nonetheless.

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Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on April 28, 2010 at 6:14 AM
Hi a nice image Austin.

Phil.

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Posted by Guy Rogers on April 28, 2010 at 2:46 PM
Hello Austin.

Thats a lovely image of a thrush, and the colour range in this is excellent.

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