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John Cooper
02-20-2008, 11:55 PM
Positioned the camera angle to obtain rim-lighting.

Canon EOS 3, Canon 100-300 F5.6L, ISO 100, Earling morning natural light with fill-flash, 1/125 sec F8, Hide/Tripod.
Thonnaksar NOP
02-21-2008, 12:10 AM
Hello John,
Wonderful colours range ! The back has more blue than I thought.
The back-light works very well to bring out the shape of the bird.
Can't wait till December...
David Steele
02-21-2008, 01:21 AM
A beaut John (ie both the photo and the bird). I like the backlighting. Could/should the image be a tad brighter?
John Cooper
02-21-2008, 01:54 AM
A beaut John (ie both the photo and the bird). I like the backlighting. Could/should the image be a tad brighter?
Thanks David - yes it is a little on the dense side but ended up leaving as is to emphasize the rim light.
Brian Wong
02-21-2008, 01:55 AM
Hi John!

Beautiful colors, nice and detailed. I can't tell you used a flash, I like the rim light. Very nice!
Ian Colley
02-21-2008, 02:23 AM
Rim light is a new expression for me. Beautiful image John, I have tried to do this a few times myself, nothing as good as this yet. Like the colours, comp. and BG.
Fabs Forns
02-21-2008, 07:27 AM
Very nicely done, and one of the time backl ight seems to work. Beautiful bird, perch is not a prize winner, but will do :)
I would erase the sharpening from it.
Axel Hildebrandt
02-21-2008, 08:29 AM
Nice pose and details. Backlight and fill flash look good, too. Maybe less sharpening of the perch.
Chris van Rooyen
02-21-2008, 11:46 AM
Lovely species and the subtle use of flash very well executed
Isak Pretorius
02-21-2008, 03:03 PM
Great work with the flash. Very nice and diagonal perch.
Arthur Morris
02-21-2008, 07:17 PM
Fabulous job with the EXP with no burned rim light and a properly exposed subject. I like this one a lot.

What brings the birds to the hide? Later and love, artie
Jody Melanson
02-21-2008, 08:03 PM
You got what you intended very well. Mission accomplished.
John Cooper
02-21-2008, 11:27 PM
Fabulous job with the EXP with no burned rim light and a properly exposed subject. I like this one a lot.

What brings the birds to the hide? Later and love, artie

Thanks Art, the perch is placed about a metre from the nesting tunnel (in the side of creek embankment) - they seem to love the oportunity to land on a nearby perch before flying into the nest. Sometimes you get 2 or 3 landing on the one perch all bearing insects!!!
Arthur Morris
02-22-2008, 06:23 AM
Thanks for the info John.

Later and love, artie