Excellent detail in the feathers, eye nice and sharp and the grey and black look good to me :)
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Altogether a lovely photograph of a lovely little bird
You certainly got a nice low perspective here Ian. Love the feather detail and angle of the head. Rather an unusal recording of the Apostle Bird that in profile is relatively long and slender. Good work.
(So named as they get around in small groups - roughly around 12, hence their name)
Last edited by John Cooper; 01-16-2008 at 04:38 AM.
Ian I like this a lot:D. The strong points have already been mentioned. I find that working with side lighting is very difficult on smaller subjects, as they often do not have the dramatic feather texture of large birds e.g, eagles. However, personally I feel you have succeeded very well here through a combination of filling the frame with a smaller subject and the soft light quality bringing out the details in the shadows.
Jacqui - Thank you for your comments, I am pleased you like the image. I see your question has been answered re the name.
Simon - Thank you, appreciated, I must admit I was surprised myself re the 'scales'. Something I hadn't noticed before on these birds, it's now quite obvious when I see them.
John - I like to get as low as I can for the ground feeding birds, thanks for helping Jacqui out with her question.
Chris, thankyou, I think the side lighting helped enhance this shot.