We have seen a few subspecies of yellow wagtail this year, the UK ssp has the plain yellow/green head, the European main species has the grey/blue head (called blue headed wagtail in UK parlance). Here is the Iberian ssp. Much darker headed, slate grey/black with a more prominant eye stripe and the white chin/throat.
Taken at Salta Pola saltpans south of Alicanti. Olympus E-500, N.300mm F2.8 AIS with N.301 2x tc (1,200mm equivelence), ISO 200, 1/1000s, 2s timer delay, tripod and sidekick, processed in CS2
Thanks guys, I am trying to get more breathing space around my images these days - Gordon Langsbury judges my local bird group annual photographic competition and he is anti full in your face portraits - " these are small birds and this image is just too big" is his usual comment before knocking points off! - one man one view.
The 2x converter despite being "matched" definately softens the images so I didn't want to crop too tight as it emphasised teh softness! I will post a Kentish Plover image tomorrow taken without the conveerter, the Plover images are much sharper -
My Spanish weekend was first outing with the Oly equipment, other than some lens test shots in back garden so a steep learning curve was involved trying to get best out of the sessions
I think John's repost makes the image more striking for web presentation however as a print I would prefer your original simply because it gives more space for the subject and forms better diagonal within the frame.
Photography is subjective and the framing of the original at least gives you the option (sharpness permitted ) to crop to suit different opinions.
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6 repliesTaken at Salta Pola saltpans south of Alicanti. Olympus E-500, N.300mm F2.8 AIS with N.301 2x tc (1,200mm equivelence), ISO 200, 1/1000s, 2s timer delay, tripod and sidekick, processed in CS2
Never seen one before
I've included what a cropped version which has less space all round, IMO cropping the image makes your subject stand out even more.
John
nice picture I a agree with John's Crop!
John
Aberdeen
The 2x converter despite being "matched" definately softens the images so I didn't want to crop too tight as it emphasised teh softness! I will post a Kentish Plover image tomorrow taken without the conveerter, the Plover images are much sharper -
My Spanish weekend was first outing with the Oly equipment, other than some lens test shots in back garden so a steep learning curve was involved trying to get best out of the sessions
Mike
Photography is subjective and the framing of the original at least gives you the option (sharpness permitted