Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 28, 2010 at 7:07 AM
One from Saturday.
D700
200 - 400mm VRII f4 at 400mm
1/500 sec at f6.3 ISO 400
Tripod
10% cropped off left hand side ( for the crop police )
Processed in NX2
Posted by Neil Burton on September 28, 2010 at 7:54 AM
Nice idea with the log framing the lower half, but I would like to have more space below...just a touch ;) Nice shot of the nutter however!
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on September 28, 2010 at 9:18 AM
A fine Nutty image Ian, he posed nicely for you.
Well done.
Geoff.
Posted by David Kjaer on September 28, 2010 at 9:45 AM
Hi Ian
Nice pose and a great BG - also agree re a little more space at the bottom. My other small nit is the tail being well OOF but when you are close to small birds and they are not sideways on it is very difficult to get the whole bird sharp even at f11.
David
Posted by Jorne de Bruin on September 28, 2010 at 9:59 AM
Great pose and bg! I quite like the log at the bottom as is
Posted by Guy Rogers on September 28, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Hello Ian.
Lovely pose and I like the composition you have chosen.
Agree about a little more room at the bottom and as David as said some more DOF would have been nice which I find is always the case when shooting birds from behind.
Posted by Danny Green on September 28, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Nice try Ian its a good site so you should go back and do them again
Danny
Posted by Ian Mason on September 28, 2010 at 4:17 PM
Composition and colours are great. I agree about the DOF though.
Posted by Ian Macdermott on September 28, 2010 at 5:21 PM
Thanks for the replies
As for the tail being OOF that is how I intended the shot to be, I wanted the focus to be on the head and eye with the side turn of the head.
If I had wanted to get all of the bird in focus I would have shot it sideways as is the norm.
Cheers for the feedback
Posted by Oscar Dewhurst on September 28, 2010 at 5:25 PM
Great shot I like the OOF tail, but would like some more space at the bottom
Discussion
9 repliesD700
200 - 400mm VRII f4 at 400mm
1/500 sec at f6.3 ISO 400
Tripod
10% cropped off left hand side ( for the crop police )
Processed in NX2
Well done.
Geoff.
Nice pose and a great BG - also agree re a little more space at the bottom. My other small nit is the tail being well OOF but when you are close to small birds and they are not sideways on it is very difficult to get the whole bird sharp even at f11.
David
Lovely pose and I like the composition you have chosen.
Agree about a little more room at the bottom and as David as said some more DOF would have been nice which I find is always the case when shooting birds from behind.
Danny
As for the tail being OOF that is how I intended the shot to be, I wanted the focus to be on the head and eye with the side turn of the head.
If I had wanted to get all of the bird in focus I would have shot it sideways as is the norm.
Cheers for the feedback
Oscar