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Wren

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Posted by David Kjaer on May 13, 2006 at 2:24 PM
Wren
Taken locally without a hide using a Canon 1D MkII + 500f4 + x1.4 at iso 400 1/200 wide open
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 13, 2006 at 2:57 PM
You seem to be into metal structures at the moment,Very nice image,Would have liked a little more DOF to get the tail sharp but a small nit
Posted by Philip Kirkham on May 13, 2006 at 5:07 PM
Hello David
I like your image with the clean B/G, but I do agree with Dave that the lack of DOF is particularly noticeable with such a frame filler.
Best wishes
Phil :toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on May 13, 2006 at 5:11 PM
Hi Dave and Phil

Deliberately shot wide open as the BG 'patch of nettles' was only about 20 feet behind the bird and may not have been so smooth if I had stopped down!

David
Posted by John MacTavish on May 13, 2006 at 5:38 PM
20 feet away?
f8 would have had much the same effect on the bg as you have here surely, except that most of the bird would be rendered acceptably sharp.
Cracking pose from a great subject.

John :toast: :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on May 14, 2006 at 2:08 AM
Out of the box! Lovely image
Rene de Heer
Posted by Dennis Alden on May 14, 2006 at 3:19 AM
Nice image - would have preferred a sharper tail but a minot nit.

:toast:

dennis
Posted by Paul Schröder on May 14, 2006 at 4:50 AM
Like it. Agree about the DoF. Pose of the bird is perfect.

Paul

NL/Rotterdam
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 14, 2006 at 11:38 AM
Gorgeous, it gives you a feeling of scale, great dynamic composition, superb stuff.

:toast: :toast: :toast:

Tim
Posted by Elliott Neep on May 14, 2006 at 12:25 PM
wonderful colours and clarity. ok, the tail is soft but the pose, light and composition more than make up for it.
Posted by Sean Bolton on May 14, 2006 at 4:28 PM
Hi Dave

Great shot with the Wren in a perfect pose. Good choice of perch, the rusty nut works well and the background tone is a good compliment to the Wren. I agree with the earlier posts that you probably could get away with stopping down a bit more for some extra DOF on the bird without the background suffering too much. However I don't mind the OOF tail, I didn't notice it on first look as the overall composition is so strong anyway.

For presentation purposes I try this shot cropped to a square format and lose some of the left hand side, but for editorial purposes the rectangular format is ideal.

Cracking shot. :toast:

cheers

Sean
Posted by PhilH on May 15, 2006 at 4:07 AM
Nice, the OOF tail doesn't bother me much as the pose and the fact that the bird really stands out from the bg lift it for me, I do agree that perhaps f8 would have taken it up a notch, cracking image though and one to be very pleased with...

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