Hi all,
Not posted for a while been busy doing other things and when got a few moments the weather changes for the worst. Went too Saltee with Guy Edwards a couple of weeks ago and had a great time. Didn't come back with any fantastic stuff but it was a real privilege {for me at lease} to be there with all those bird's and being so close to them, I loved it.
This Oystercatcher was one of those birds where you could get within 9 feet of it but as soon as you got the camera out it was gone but I did eventualy manage a few shots.
Not to sure if this works but trying to get something different is very difficult.
All honest comments are very welcome.
Wow that's a nice image Mick.
My crits are that maybe it's a touch tight at the bottom of the frame and that it would be nice if the bird were looking more "our" way instead of in to the picture, the OOF blue flower right in front of the bird is all too disrtacting as well. Still lovely to see something a bit different from the normal bird on a stick pictures!!
The lovely soft subtle colours are very complimentary to the bird, and on the whole the image is very colourful and is most appealing.
Now we know where Guy has been hiding!!!, is Niel Higginson hiding there too!?!?
Yikes, you have the E-Zuiko 300F2.8..... How are you finding it for nature photographic work? Is AF speed up to the task?
My brief usage of the E system to date I have found the Oly sensors are definately more noisy than Canon even below ISO400 but the files clean up very well with noise software applied to specific channels to reduce too much detail softening. Not sure if you have tried any to date, but there does seem to be some noise "graining" in this image
See my posting last month of a heron for the difference this can make here
On the plus side the Oly sensors do cope very well with high contrast birds, you have great detail in the blacks and whites, something I noticed playing with an E1 in Regents Park photographing a magpie a few weeks ago. The Oly metering system is very foregiving
Certainly different, I love the OOF flowers and the general composition is good although the bird I feel is a tad low in the frame. Looks like the old velvia and may also be very slightly oversaturated (which could be the cause of lack of detail in some of the blacks). That said I still really like the image!
I was only talking to David and Mary Cantrille yesterday about the Saltee trip. I went 2 years ago and would love to go again. This is a well composed shot and the colours are popping. Good one.
Rob
Posted by Paula Graham on June 22, 2006 at 1:26 PM
I like the image and its composition.
Not too fond of the oof white flowers and the one blue one though, they take my attention too much.
Hello Mick
I like this for being so different, it is almost like artwork. I bet it looks good framed.
Best wishes
Phil
Posted by Rene de Heer on June 23, 2006 at 9:51 AM
I like the composition. I think it could be a bit better incase the bird was nt looking away from you. I dont mind the the flowers at all. Nice stuff!
Rene de Heer
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11 repliesNot posted for a while been busy doing other things and when got a few moments the weather changes for the worst. Went too Saltee with Guy Edwards a couple of weeks ago and had a great time. Didn't come back with any fantastic stuff but it was a real privilege {for me at lease} to be there with all those bird's and being so close to them, I loved it.
This Oystercatcher was one of those birds where you could get within 9 feet of it but as soon as you got the camera out it was gone but I did eventualy manage a few shots.
Not to sure if this works but trying to get something different is very difficult.
All honest comments are very welcome.
Camera: Olympus E1.
Lens : Zuiko 300mm 2.8
Converter : 1.4
Metering mode : manual
ASA : 200
Shutter Speed : 250/sec
Aperture f4
Mick
My crits are that maybe it's a touch tight at the bottom of the frame and that it would be nice if the bird were looking more "our" way instead of in to the picture, the OOF blue flower right in front of the bird is all too disrtacting as well. Still lovely to see something a bit different from the normal bird on a stick pictures!!
The lovely soft subtle colours are very complimentary to the bird, and on the whole the image is very colourful and is most appealing.
Now we know where Guy has been hiding!!!, is Niel Higginson hiding there too!?!?
My brief usage of the E system to date I have found the Oly sensors are definately more noisy than Canon even below ISO400 but the files clean up very well with noise software applied to specific channels to reduce too much detail softening. Not sure if you have tried any to date, but there does seem to be some noise "graining" in this image
See my posting last month of a heron for the difference this can make here
On the plus side the Oly sensors do cope very well with high contrast birds, you have great detail in the blacks and whites, something I noticed playing with an E1 in Regents Park photographing a magpie a few weeks ago. The Oly metering system is very foregiving
Mike
Certainly different, I love the OOF flowers and the general composition is good although the bird I feel is a tad low in the frame. Looks like the old velvia and may also be very slightly oversaturated (which could be the cause of lack of detail in some of the blacks). That said I still really like the image!
David
I was only talking to David and Mary Cantrille yesterday about the Saltee trip. I went 2 years ago and would love to go again. This is a well composed shot and the colours are popping. Good one.
Rob
Not too fond of the oof white flowers and the one blue one though, they take my attention too much.
T
I like this for being so different, it is almost like artwork. I bet it looks good framed.
Best wishes
Phil
Rene de Heer
Mick