Yellow hammer
Usually tend to blow the head on the males in breeding colour but managed to drop the exposure in time on this one. Notice a slight attack of "bumblefoot" on the foot . Similar to the problem Chaffinches havebut nowhere near as bad.
D7000
Nikor 70-300
60% of full frame
120th @f8
EV /Contrast down 1 in camera
Neat image/image guru for shadows.
Levels paint shop pro 7
White balance sunlight /warm.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 6, 2012 at 8:22 AM
Very image of a very nice bird!
Rene de Heer
Posted by David Sewell on March 6, 2012 at 9:10 AM
They seem to be as rare as hen's teeth in our part of the world these days. Very nicely exposed, John, as you say, those heads can be a problem at times.
David
Posted by Alan Bryant on March 6, 2012 at 10:44 AM
Thanks people.
Normally this time of year we would have a dozen pairs on the lawn coming for corn with the sparrows. Only about two pairs so far.
Thanks again
JR
Cracking image John - stands out really well in the pool set up. Seeing plenty in the fields around here, but very few getting spotted coming to feeders. Guess there is just so much food available after the lack of any sort of winter.
Dave
Posted by David Taylor on March 7, 2012 at 5:28 PM
Discussion
9 repliesUsually tend to blow the head on the males in breeding colour but managed to drop the exposure in time on this one. Notice a slight attack of "bumblefoot" on the foot . Similar to the problem Chaffinches havebut nowhere near as bad.
D7000
Nikor 70-300
60% of full frame
120th @f8
EV /Contrast down 1 in camera
Neat image/image guru for shadows.
Levels paint shop pro 7
White balance sunlight /warm.
Cheers
JR
Rene de Heer
David
Love the sorrounding stuff
Nice overall image John
Nick.
Normally this time of year we would have a dozen pairs on the lawn coming for corn with the sparrows. Only about two pairs so far.
Thanks again
JR
Dave