Yellow Hammer

[John Robinson]

Yellow Hammer at woodland pool.
There has certainly been a drop in numbers of these this year. The pool is interesting just now as thre migrants come in and the fresh spring leaves give a nice green reflection from above.
D7000
Nikor 70-300mm
Iso 800
80th second
70% of frame.
Levels /curves PSP7
Few white highlights taken out.
Thanks for Blue Tit comments
Cheers
JohnR

[Joseph Przybyla]

Beautiful image John, love the bird, love the colors in the image.

[Terry Johnson]

John, you have such a wonderful location for your bird shots. I envy you. The yellow hammer is beautiful and the setting is gorgeous...Terry Johnson

[Tim Harding]

I really like the colours of the bird and BG. Excellent detail. If it were mine I might clean up the eye a little but a nice job overall.

[Stu Bowie]

Hi John, you have really brought out the feather detail so well, and love looking at the various layers of feathers. Lovely colours, and I do like the texture of the water.

One of your best.

[Jim Crosswell]

Beautiful image John! I like the water colour/texture, IQ, HA, details and composition.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all. Appreciated.
I have to admit I sometimes just sit there in the cramped little hide just watching the colours change as the sun moves around and comes through different gaps in the canopy. The ripples the birds make helps too.
Cheers
John

[Greg Oakley]

Very nice John - the water gives the image a soft dreamy feel and the great colours on the bird are complemented by the BG colours

[William Dickson]

Lovely capture John. Well done

[christopher galeski]

agree with comments above,nice feather detail,nice colors in the water,go well with the bird.

[John Robinson]

Thanks all
I see I got the wrong camera. Its the D7100 not the D7000. There certainly seems to be a difference. There was talk of possible moire problems with the camera having no anti aliasing / low pass filter but it seems to be ok. The Nikor 70-300 stuck on the front makes an awesome combo for bird feather detail.

[Iain Barker]

Another nice image John. I wouldn't change anything.
It's really good to see nice images are achievable with more standard lenses and it shows it is not always the equipment that makes the difference. Is it the AFS VR or non VR AF version of the lens you use?

[Daniel Cadieux]

The subject is very cute and I love the tail resting on the water surface as well as the perfect head angle, but its the texture of the water that shines here. Super nice image!

[John Robinson]

Thanks
Iain- Its the VR version but I don't have it on for hide work.
Cheers
John

[Binu John]

Fabulous capture, John! Love the details, background and HA!