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Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 30, 2010 at 2:24 PM
Swallow

Swallow, one from the other week, I would have preferred a rusty wire but that was not to be. A little selective sharpening carried out on the head as the 7D miss focussed again.

Processed in DPP / CS2 ( Dust spot removed from the beak area )

7D, 500F4IS+1.4T/c, Beanbag, Car window
1/500th @ f8 iso400

All comments and advice most welcome

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Karen Summers on June 30, 2010 at 2:27 PM
gorgeous shot love these birds
Posted by Phil Mclean on June 30, 2010 at 2:31 PM
Lovely little portrait Andy.Like the open beak.
With the number of barbed wire shots lately,it'll soon be a 'must have' accessory in every camera bag. :smile:

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Ian Mason on June 30, 2010 at 3:27 PM
Looks great! Nice head turn and background. Mine only land on telephone wires :frown:
Posted by Heath McDonald on June 30, 2010 at 3:28 PM
A very nice shot Andy, really like the bird and bg colours, I think you have covered the nits yourself.

Heath :toast:
Posted by Shaun Simpson on June 30, 2010 at 3:30 PM
Nice shot, good colours, well done :toast:
Posted by Simon Litten on June 30, 2010 at 3:45 PM
You've captured the range of blues in its plumage brilliantly and its nicely composed. But if you say the heads not sharp...that's not good :frown:


Simon
Posted by Dale Sutton on June 30, 2010 at 3:50 PM
Nice shot Andy but over done the noise reduction I feel.

Dale
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 30, 2010 at 3:55 PM

Thanks for the comments guys.

Hi Dale,

What am I looking for in the image that indicates too much noise reduction, this will help with my processing in the future.

Cheers

Andy...
Posted by keith mitchell on June 30, 2010 at 4:11 PM
Hi Andy the bird,bg,the whole image is great.
:toast: Keith.
Posted by Shaun Boycott-Tayl on July 1, 2010 at 4:27 AM
Hi Andy,

Lovely image of a great little bird. :toast: :toast:

Shaun :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on July 1, 2010 at 5:15 AM
Looks good to me Andy. Nice tight wire too !! :wink:
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Matt Cole on July 1, 2010 at 5:46 AM
lovely composition Andy, and I like the barbed wire perch. It does look a little soft though. I suspect Dale's comment about NR was because it does look as though there's been a slight 'smoothing' of the detail on the wing feathers. At this size it's difficult to say if this is down to the NR though and could be due to compression or just the nature of the bird's feathers.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Des Ong on July 1, 2010 at 11:26 AM
Nits covered but still a lovely portrait of a handsome bird Andy.

Regards,

Des :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 1, 2010 at 6:05 PM
Hi Andy,

lovely shot perch and background :toast:

Its a bit too high up in the frame and as mentioned the heads not sharp ( easily solved by changing to Nikon :razz: )
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 2, 2010 at 4:38 AM

Thanks for the comments and advice guys and gals, cheers :toast:

Ian, if I could afford to change to Nikon I would do it in a heartbeat.

Andy... :smile: