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Posted by Simon Litten on July 1, 2010 at 8:42 AM
Linnet
700mm f7.1 1/1000 iso400 Full Frame


Hi all

Shot through a gap in a bramble bush to produce the 'mushiest' photo I could :biggrin:
Beautiful birds and always a treat to see.


Simon
Posted by Mark Green on July 1, 2010 at 9:28 AM
LOL. its unusal, I havent seen anything like this before,. it almost looks like a painting. :smile:

:toast:
Mark.G
Posted by Ian Butler on July 1, 2010 at 9:41 AM
Interesting technique but I think the Linnet could have been clearer. Like Mark says, it looks like a painting. :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on July 1, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Yes its certainly different, and in fact often the way you would see one of these.
It works ok for me, and I,m not really an "arty " person.
JR
Posted by Ian Mason on July 1, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Absolutely stunning! I could watch this image for a long time.
Posted by Des Ong on July 1, 2010 at 11:19 AM
Nothing wrong with mush Simon. Was there something close, directly in front of the bird? It looks a bit hazy. Other than that just swell.

Regards,

Des :toast: :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on July 1, 2010 at 11:29 AM
a very attractive image Simon, I really like the warm colours and composition. The bird itself does look slightly hazy, if it could stand out a little more it would be even better (perhaps a bit more local contrast or sharpening?)

Matt :toast:
Posted by Barry Southon on July 1, 2010 at 12:22 PM
Simon

Indeed a work of art.
Posted by keith mitchell on July 1, 2010 at 12:47 PM
Simon very nice image i like the so called mush but the bird does look at bit soft.
:toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Edwin kats on July 1, 2010 at 12:56 PM
Very very nice. Different and beautiful

Edwin Kats
Posted by Simon Litten on July 1, 2010 at 1:21 PM
Glad to see it's producing a range of responses - it's a shot I took about a month ago and I've always been uncertain about it. Here's a a slightly tweaked version with a little contrast added to the bird which I think helps when viewing it at web size. I'll probably keep it as shot when printing though.
Thanks for the comments.

Simon
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on July 1, 2010 at 1:39 PM
Hi,
second one is perfect, I like it a lot.
A beautiful step away from pure natural dokuments.
A hundred years ago they called it Pictorialism.
:wavey: Bertl
Posted by Phil Mclean on July 1, 2010 at 1:58 PM
Georgeous,Simon.
The picture I mean! :biggrin:

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Craig Jones on July 1, 2010 at 3:45 PM
Love the clever effect you have created here Simon,brilliant,lovely composition also :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 1, 2010 at 4:39 PM
Works for me. Really nice image. I especially like the amount of space and the sense of intimacy.
Posted by Ian Macdermott on July 1, 2010 at 5:43 PM
Its the first one for me Simon :toast:


In this case I love the softer image which makes it look like a painting. :smile:


I may have been tempted to remove the stray bit of web top right hand corner.
Posted by Maggie Campbell on July 1, 2010 at 6:31 PM
I agree with Ian its the first one for me. The more subtle tones in the Linnet work better with the "mushy" background. This is certainly a very different take and one I would now try myself. I really like this very much indeed Simon. :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Karen Summers on July 2, 2010 at 5:42 AM
I think it is beautiful and the first looked fine to me
Posted by Danny Green on July 2, 2010 at 5:57 AM
Cracking shot Simon!!!!

Danny :toast: :toast:
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 2, 2010 at 2:11 PM
Looks really good. Cracking light and bird.

Ian