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Male Siskin in the Rain

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Posted by Danny Green on March 31, 2006 at 2:32 PM
Male Siskin in the Rain
I had set up a feeding station in Scotland and was getting a lot of these guys and also Redpolls coming. Colourful birds and great fun to do.

Canon EOS 1V, 500mm Lens, 1.4x Converter, F5.6, 1/30, Fujichrome Velvia 50 uprated to 80.

Danny :wavey:
Posted by Justin on March 31, 2006 at 2:38 PM
Very nice indeed.
Beautiful bird and Wow what a perch.
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Posted by Vincent Jones on March 31, 2006 at 2:50 PM
A real beauty Danny. :toast: I do like the perch, this is one I will now be looking out for :biggrin:

By the way it rained all afternoon :frown:
Posted by Rob Howard on March 31, 2006 at 4:09 PM
Hi Danny,

Very nice colouful image. It's maybe a little tight on the left but that lovely bird and perch soon draw your eye in to the image.

Regards

Rob
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on March 31, 2006 at 5:40 PM
Maybe a little tight on the left but other than that a very nice image.

Phillip.

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Posted by Tom_W on March 31, 2006 at 5:43 PM
Potentially a nice image Danny,

I would back of on the USM as I think you have oversharpened it - it also has a very very deep saturation a touch more than velvia would normally give.

T

Posted by Rob Ashton on April 1, 2006 at 2:57 AM
Maybe a tad oversharpened but still a very striking image Danny.

I really like the composition which shows a more artistic bent than a lot of shots that put the subject in the centre of the compostion (a habit of most birders who probably started out with a digiscope setup?). Don't fall into this habit as it isn't photographically sound for most images.

Rob :toast:
Posted by David J Slater on April 1, 2006 at 3:35 AM
Great shot Danny. Good use of DOF. Velvia - Respect.
I find some comments strange - there are no rules in photography anymore (or so I'm told for the sake of art). Crop this shot in half down the vertical to make it square and the composition will still be good IMO (also cut and paste the RH cone to the left and the same for one of those buds! You could also try layer in a waterfall as a backdrop and a few autumnal leaves as well). Doh! You've said it's velvia, so better keep it looking like velvia, no tweaking allowed!

Dave
Posted by Danny Green on April 1, 2006 at 4:29 AM
Thanks for your comments, I over did the sharpening but the saturation is a problem because
I think my screen wants calibrating.

Danny
Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 1, 2006 at 5:27 AM
Certainly a lovely perch and very nice composition,The bird looks very yellow but again is prob my screen,Very nice image
Posted by Paula Graham on April 1, 2006 at 3:49 PM
Wow, what a perch and a pretty bird on it as well. I think the second shot is better.
Posted by David Kjaer on April 2, 2006 at 5:35 AM
Hi Danny

Great image, perch and BG - agree with Tom re use of USM and prefer the repost!

David :toast:
Posted by PhilH on April 3, 2006 at 3:23 AM
Super, the repost is much better, the image is made for me by the bird perching on the cone.

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