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Ivan can't find anything I would change ,it all looks very good to me with the bird popping out well from that b/g, great looking bird was it in central park?
Cheers Keith.
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Cheers Keith, yes central park- bet it looks great in the snow they have there this last couple of days.
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Was really surprised at the amount of birds in the park from Warblers to Hawks, did well to get away from the shops presuming you had female company.
Cheers Keith.
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Nice one Ivan great pose. I saw sme nice ones of these in a zoo in the Cotswolds 1
Cheers
John
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A lovely image with excellent DOF from tip of tail to beak.
Great color palette and composition. Good IQ as well,
Gail
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Excellent DOF, A great subject done very well.....
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Superb image of beautiful bird. Nice pose with beautiful dorsal view showing beautiful colors and great details.
Nice composition.
Regards,
Satish.
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agree with comments above,nice capture.
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Great image, Ivan. Skittish birds, but you have a nice detailed capture here. Beautiful light and IQ.
Geoffrey
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In the words of the old bard 'nice work' Ivan.
I've always been a sucker for the red carpet over the shoulder look.
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I have about 5 of these at a time on my peanut feeder and I would love to capture something this nice! They dive bomb in, grab a peanut and blast off, I'm going to have to set up a perch nearby to try and capture the ones waiting to jump on the feeder!
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Warren a bit of patience will pay off. I got lucky with the short time I had available in central park.
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I like the topside view and the colors, look back pose is nice too, critical focus was on the back as opposed to the head
TFS
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I think you picked the best compromise for the focus spot- even if it is the birds back.
Focussing on the head would have left a lot more of the bird soft
John
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Cheers John, more luck than planning. They are fairly quick and don't stop still for long. I Had to grab and shoot so to speak, believe me I have a lot of dumped shots from the time I had to spend in the park. With time and planning I could have got a lot more usable shots.
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Originally Posted by
John Robinson
I think you picked the best compromise for the focus spot- even if it is the birds back.
Focussing on the head would have left a lot more of the bird soft
John
putting the focus point on the wrong spot is not a good approach. I think at f/5.6 he would have had enough DOF to get the head and most of the bird sharp.
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Ivan
Don'tknow how near the bird was but its on an angle
At 400mm @f5.6 you have 2 inches DOF- so not a lot to play with.
John