Tongue flied

[nick clayton]

Toft Newton Reservoir, Lincolnshire, UK. 20/04/13

Canon 7D
Canon 300mm f.2.8 II + 1.4 II extender

1/1000 @ f6.3
+1 EV
Aperture priority
ISO 400
Pattern

Levels
Saturation
Selective Color
Nik Software - Dfine 2.0 noise reduction - background only
Photoshop USM

[keith mitchell]

Hi Nick how's it going with you? You have some smashing detail on this bird and I recon your colour is spot on! is that an insect in its beak?

Cheers Keith.

[nick clayton]

It's going great thanks Keith, would you be Keith Mitchell from Lincolnshire? Thanks for the comments. Yes it's a fly on it's tongue hence the thread title.

[Daniel Cadieux]

Nice close-up and beautiful yellows. Neat feeding action you got, although I do wish you had more SS to properly freeze it all. I'd also consider darkening the pupil as it ids a bit hazy from the pale-ish reflection in it. I love the single tiny water drop on the forehead!

[keith mitchell]

Yes Nick Keith from down the road from you sorry I did not take more notice of your title. Maybe see you around.

Cheers Keith.

[Bill Dix]

Super detail around the eye. Looks like a partial membrane causing the haziness. Nice capture, fly and all.

[Miguel Palaviccini]

Nick,

Killer capture! Detail here is superb.

I would have liked to see a bit more dof (although I'm not sure how much more you would have needed to get the beak and fly in focus).

Miguel

[nick clayton]

This was a shot that needed both more DOF and shutter speed and unfortunately it was difficult to give both to the required amount without increasing the iso. Thanks for the critique.