Or more accurately 'Dai Sparrow' from Wales see. These were my intended targets yesterday from new hide. We have a nice little flock of these around the garden again this year and they succesfully nested under the rafters behind some rotten fascia. Unfortunately for them my neighbour and I have now renewed the fascias but to be fair to them we are going to put up a communal nestbox to use in future.
This chick and its sibling were constantly pestering mum for food. Unfortunately I have once again used a long lens to fill the frame resulting in minimum DoF (poor light and an already high iso)and so the shots of the three together do not come up to scratch. However I thought this one did work as the chick is the subject and the mum is only secondary. Any thoughts?
500mm plus 12mm extension tube
1/250 @ f4.5
iso 800
I think you have captured the interaction very well Robert with the focus on that 'wanting' eye of the fledgling. I would be inclined to adjust the WB very slightly to add a little more warmth. Also, maybe, tone down the bottom RHS of the log as it competes a little with the subjects. Hope that helps.
Hi Robert - this isn't quite working for me matey - the OoF parent bird is just a bit 'too much' for me.
You've got some cracking detail inside the chicks mouth, a superb BG and seemingly a lot going for you at this hide setup.
The chick will start gaping before the parent enters the frame - that might work as a shot, and is there a chance you could put some maggots/mealies somewhere near the left end of the log, perhaps the parent birds might use them then you might get a side on feeding shot with both birds in focus.
Hard going on extension tubes - you have my sympathy
Works really well for me Robert,pure nature,without bait and love the pose you have captured with the chick being fed with the focus spot on for me,lovely moment
I think this draws attention to the chick quite nicely. For me the yellow beak is the key bit and the focus is right on there. I'd crop out the wood lump to the right hand side though
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4 repliesThis chick and its sibling were constantly pestering mum for food. Unfortunately I have once again used a long lens to fill the frame resulting in minimum DoF (poor light and an already high iso)and so the shots of the three together do not come up to scratch. However I thought this one did work as the chick is the subject and the mum is only secondary. Any thoughts?
500mm plus 12mm extension tube
1/250 @ f4.5
iso 800
Kind regards,
Brett
You've got some cracking detail inside the chicks mouth, a superb BG and seemingly a lot going for you at this hide setup.
The chick will start gaping before the parent enters the frame - that might work as a shot, and is there a chance you could put some maggots/mealies somewhere near the left end of the log, perhaps the parent birds might use them then you might get a side on feeding shot with both birds in focus.
Hard going on extension tubes - you have my sympathy