Common or Garden

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Posted by Rob Ashton on April 23, 2006 at 5:55 AM

I'm confined to base recovering from having my part of my jaw cut away to remove a wisdom tooth

(low male pain threshold = wimp).

So I took this earlier today through my double glazed bedroom "hide".

Canon 1DMkIIn
400mm DO IS, Kenko 2x + Canon 1.4x
ISO 3200
1/200th @ f6.3
Beanbag

Photoshop Elements 3.0 + Noiseware

Posted by David Kjaer on April 23, 2006 at 6:07 AM

Hi Rob

May be 'common or garden' but your shot certainly isn't. I like the perch, pose, BG (assume it is OOF brick work) composition and good detail in the black even though it suffers a little from noise. All round a very nice image!

Hope you fell better soon had a similar problem last year!

David

Posted by Justin on April 23, 2006 at 6:10 AM

Hi Rob,
Sounds painful,just the thought of the denist makes me cringe,let alone the actual treatment itself

,anyway swiftly changing the subject.I think you've got a really attractive shot here,I'm a sucker for colourful images so this one appeals a lot.
Good job on keeping the upper tips of the branches in shot and I like the blackbird's pose in this one,with that sideways look.
Quite remarkable quality as well with the stacked convertors,let alone shooting through glass.

PS. Hope you make a speedy recovery.

Posted by Rene de Heer on April 23, 2006 at 7:33 AM

Nice image Rob! Sorry to hear about your wisdom tooth! Nice background colors and a nice perch....i can also see a bit of noise,
Rene de Heer

Posted by Dave Courtenay on April 23, 2006 at 8:50 AM

Very nice-great colours

Posted by Pete Etheridge on April 23, 2006 at 10:05 AM

Very nice colourful image. Just the thought of the dentist makes me cringe - hope you feel better soon!

Posted by Tim Munsey on April 23, 2006 at 1:01 PM

Very pretty, I'm quite a fan of armchair photography.

Tim

Posted by Jeremy on April 23, 2006 at 3:03 PM

Very pleasant composition, and I quite like the background colour (distant brick wall?). Minor nit is that I`d like to see a bit more room above the topmost branch. Also, I think you may have tried a touch too hard to squeeze out some detail in the Blackbird`s feathers, resulting in them looking a little washed out. Therefore (if it were mine), I would darken the blacks a bit.

Posted by Rob Ashton on April 23, 2006 at 3:16 PM

Thanks everyone. The bird was around 15m away and the BG is the wall of a house some 40m behind the subject. I have cloned out a mushy window upper right of frame. The blacks are a touch washed out but that is due in part to the ISO setting and noise reduction applied. Could strengthen them a bit in PS.

Rob

Posted by Helge Sorensen on April 24, 2006 at 9:36 AM

Lovely colours, and a very interesting composition.

Posted by Philip Kirkham on April 24, 2006 at 4:45 PM

Hello Rob
I find it nice and simple and very effective with that different b/g.
Best wishes
Phil

PS get well soon