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Male Chaffinch

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15 replies
Posted by Karen Summers on June 30, 2010 at 6:24 AM
A common bird I know but one I haven t photographed for a while,although common I think they have some great colour in them.

Canon 50D,Canon 500f4L + 1.4 convertor,ISO 400,F5.6,1/160

Posted by John Robinson on June 30, 2010 at 7:23 AM
Great pose and comp on this. Maybe my gear but it seems a tiny bit blue.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Karen Summers on June 30, 2010 at 9:45 AM
think you are right john just had a go and reduced the blue and it does look better I think the grey was looking to bluish,
Posted by keith mitchell on June 30, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Hi Karen .
Can't see a lot wrong with this ,nice image.

Keith.
Posted by Karen Summers on June 30, 2010 at 10:04 AM
cheers Keith can t make my mind up really it was a day when the colours everywhere seemed very vivid, but looking maybe the greys are to blue
Posted by Phil Mclean on June 30, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Another cracking,colourful little portrait Karen,and nice background too.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on June 30, 2010 at 3:25 PM
Great shot! I agree they are very attractive. Composition spot on - can't decide about the blue but didn't notice before reading the comments.
Posted by Shaun Simpson on June 30, 2010 at 3:26 PM
Nice image well done :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 30, 2010 at 3:26 PM

Looks good to me too Karen, smart little bird this Chaffinch.

Andy...
Posted by Simon Litten on June 30, 2010 at 3:38 PM
Very nice :toast:


Simon
Posted by Dale Sutton on June 30, 2010 at 3:53 PM
Nice shot Karen just looks a little out of focus, but that could be in post Processing.

Dale :toast:
Posted by Karen Summers on June 30, 2010 at 4:32 PM
dale where do you think it looks out of focus would be interested to know the shutter speed was quite low but I thought it looked quite sharp but you could be right, strange image this one can t make up my mind about it
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 1, 2010 at 2:04 AM
Very nice shot, Karen. Looks sharp to me. :smile:
Posted by Matt Cole on July 1, 2010 at 5:49 AM
nicely composed Karen. It does have a slightly cold feel to it but nothing that couldn't be easily sorted.

Matt :toast:
Posted by simon manning on July 1, 2010 at 5:01 PM
i agree with Dale it looks like the focal point is the tip of the beak down and around the dark part of the breast ,nearly all the rest is soft .a good image other than that :toast:

Simon
Posted by Karen Summers on July 1, 2010 at 5:05 PM
thanks guys you may be right conditions weren t good but could have been me with the focusing