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Hi Paul.....What a great looking bird, first time I have seen one....Congrats on the lifer....Great colours on the bird, lovely pose and HA....I like the detail especially on the head area....Nice as is....Just thinking f/7.1 or even f/8 may have been better and put the whole bird in focus....Depends of course how near you were. The BG colours show the bird well.... It sure is more colourful than our Robins ....
Will
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Hi Will. Thank you for the feedback. They're pretty flighty...so I wasn't as close as I'd like, but I'm going back again soon, so will aim for more with f7.1 or f8 if i can get closer. Cheers.
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Life birds are always good! The engaging head turn and lighting really pull the viewer right in. The blacks and reds look good, but the whites on the upper flank looked cooked. I assume
you kept the crop tight at the bottom to minimize what looks like a metal railing.
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Thanks Dorian. Yes, I see the area you mention and have adjusted the whites. The perch is a tree branch.
Last edited by Paul Burdett; 04-10-2023 at 11:02 PM.
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hi Paul,
beautiful bird, difficult colors. You got over it. congratulations. I agree with Dorian.
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Congratulations on the lifer Paul! Very cute little bird and much more interesting than our Robins here in America. Good detail, agree with Dorian on the whites and also wondering why the tight crop on bottom?
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Thanks Kurt. I went back and reduced the whites. I thought the "perch" was a little too obtrusive and so that's the reason for the tight crop.
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Thanks Artie. I like what you've done and the crop works for me too. Not sure about the perch though...there are some repeated patterns drawing my eye in, but it's a bad perch anyhow. Reds look improved. Cheers
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