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Blue and Green

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Posted by Mark Wilson on July 11, 2006 at 7:29 PM
This is an image from a rare sunny day last winter. Taken at my feeders at home in Northants.

Canon 20D, 500/4 IS, 1.4x, tripod @ f8.0, 1/1000, ISO 400
BBP, CS2, 80% of original frame.

C&C welcome.

Cheers

Mark.
Posted by Danny Green on July 12, 2006 at 7:22 AM
Hello Mark

I thought I would be the first to post a comment, classic pose of this beautiful bird.

:toast:

Dan
Posted by Dave Courtenay on July 12, 2006 at 9:39 AM
Although a nice image i think the leaves are sharper than the bird so abit more dof needed to get both sharp
Posted by Mark Wilson on July 12, 2006 at 2:20 PM
Thanks for the comments.
Dave, I see what you mean...going back to the RAW, the active focus point was on the bird's shoulder (on the eye in the previous shot in the sequence :eek: ) but the bird looks fine in the original - maybe poor use of Focalblade leading to crisp bright edges on the leaves? I'll have a try with just USM later.