Posted by Nick Mckeown on November 27, 2012 at 1:34 PM
D7000 500mm f4 ISO 400 1/200s at f7.1 tripod.
Well there I was sat waiting for my Song Thrush to land on a nice old post/perch I have found freezing my bits off when I heard the trilling of a Waxwing. I knew there were a couple of them in my village and had seen them flying about but could not catch up with them as they were just roving about the gardens and there it was, sat in a tall bush in my garden! It was at the far end of the garden so this is quite a crop so it is not as detailed as I would have liked but the D7000 can take it. The BG is a 3,000' mountain and strangely enough comes out almost the same colour as the bloomin' Waxwing and I could have moved a mile away and still had the hill in the BG!
I have cloned out several twigs that intruded into the bottom of the image and also cloned out a small twig that ran at the back of its tail so that it was seperate from the other twigs.
All C+C warmly welcomed and many thanks for the comments on my llast post.
Hi Nick, I really like the image, especially the colours. Good call on the 'gardening' which has created a very clean portrail of this lovely bird.
Sadly though, I do feel, like you, with the definition/detail of the plumage lacking, it does detract, which is a crying shame, but that's just my take. Hope there is a next time for you.
TFS
Steve
Posted by Phil Ellard on November 28, 2012 at 4:22 AM
The subtle tones are just wonderful, i think that mountain is a great backdrop
Posted by Andy Shepherd on November 28, 2012 at 5:02 AM
As already mentioned, the colour palette is very nice and makes for a very pleasing image, Nick. Knowing how good your other shots are from the D7000 I tend to agree with Steve re the loss of quality, but you take what you can get with this species.
Andy...
Posted by Barry Southon on November 28, 2012 at 7:31 AM
Nick
Nine times out of ten when these chance encounters occur we take what we get best we can. A first class illustration of the best result.
Posted by Neil Burton on November 28, 2012 at 10:59 AM
Great colours and overall work but I can see the missing detail, I am guessing it would not print too large?
3000' that is a hill laddie!
Posted by John Robinson on November 28, 2012 at 3:22 PM
In actual fact it looks pretty good to me. and they are renowned for being tight feathered birds, often not showing much detail. I have many examples Did some recently.
Cheers
JR
Posted by Paul Whippey on November 28, 2012 at 3:28 PM
Nice capture Nick, but as you say the definition isn't there as its a heavy crop. Great work though, I'd love to photograph one of these beauties!
Posted by Nick Mckeown on November 28, 2012 at 6:22 PM
Many, many thanks for taking the time to comment folks, greatly appreciated. jump:
Just to give you an idea of the crop size.....original untouched image. Not the greatest shot for detail but isn't too bad considering.
Neil........3,000' is a wee hill for these parts and you start at sea level!
Discussion
12 repliesWell there I was sat waiting for my Song Thrush to land on a nice old post/perch I have found freezing my bits off when I heard the trilling of a Waxwing. I knew there were a couple of them in my village and had seen them flying about but could not catch up with them as they were just roving about the gardens and there it was, sat in a tall bush in my garden! It was at the far end of the garden so this is quite a crop so it is not as detailed as I would have liked but the D7000 can take it. The BG is a 3,000' mountain and strangely enough comes out almost the same colour as the bloomin' Waxwing and I could have moved a mile away and still had the hill in the BG!
I have cloned out several twigs that intruded into the bottom of the image and also cloned out a small twig that ran at the back of its tail so that it was seperate from the other twigs.
All C+C warmly welcomed and many thanks for the comments on my llast post.
Nick.
Bob
Keith.
Sadly though, I do feel, like you, with the definition/detail of the plumage lacking, it does detract, which is a crying shame, but that's just my take. Hope there is a next time for you.
TFS
Steve
As already mentioned, the colour palette is very nice and makes for a very pleasing image, Nick. Knowing how good your other shots are from the D7000 I tend to agree with Steve re the loss of quality, but you take what you can get with this species.
Andy...
Nine times out of ten when these chance encounters occur we take what we get best we can. A first class illustration of the best result.
3000' that is a hill laddie!
Cheers
JR
Just to give you an idea of the crop size.....original untouched image. Not the greatest shot for detail but isn't too bad considering.
Neil........3,000' is a wee hill for these parts and you start at sea level!
Nick.
Ian