A lovely image Geoff. Colours are great. Love the perch and BG is superb. Have you cloned something though just to the right of the bottom berry? There seems to be a dark patch.
Posted by Fran French on November 28, 2010 at 11:40 AM
Very nice indeed Geoffrey! A super alert pose, the raindrops on the bird and colour in the berries make this for me.
Fran
Posted by Shaun Simpson on November 28, 2010 at 11:59 AM
Lovely image, like the pose, detail and theatmosphere of the rain
Posted by Geoffrey Baker on November 28, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Maggie, that dark patch could be a clump of gorse bushes on the distant mountain, looks like there's a raindrop falling in front of part of it so if I did clone in that area that wouldn't be showing.
At f8, some background details show up.
This was processed a few years ago for another website and recently just resized for here.
Geoff.
Posted by Roy Bailey on November 28, 2010 at 2:27 PM
Realy good like the composition and lighting in this one. Feet look massive. All my comments re colour should be taken lightly, but I wondered if there was just a hint of green present in the crown of the bird.
Discussion
7 repliesThe sides of the head are a yellowy colour and turn to pure white when they become adults.
Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/250th second
f8
ISO 400
230mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Tripod
Fran
At f8, some background details show up.
This was processed a few years ago for another website and recently just resized for here.
Geoff.
Paul.