Magpie

[Rich Steel]

Hi

I have been feeding a site daily for a couple of weeks en route to work. The purpose of thisis to get some flight photographs of Jays. So far success with the jays has been limited as they are proving difficult but a steady stream of magpies keeps the shutter finger busy while I wait. This bird just putting on the air brakes as it comes in to the feed.



Taken with 1Dmk3 and 300mm F4 lens ay ISO 400 F4.5 -0.67EV and 1/2500s.

Cheers

Rich

[Austin Thomas]

Nice one Rich,

Excellent exposure control

You'll get the Jay. I know you will.

See you soon.


Austin

[Harold Davis]

fantastic, rich! the wing pose is great and the exposure is spot on. good luck with the jays!!

[Fabs Forns]

Perfect pose! Soft side light is hurting the right side of the face a bit, easy to select and do a small curve lifting to even the black to the rest.

Excellent done!

[Kobus Tollig]

Well exposed and great pose with great bg. Comp maybe a bit central. Great work well done

[Peregrine Craig Nash]

A Shot that I have always wanted. I agree the Jay would be pretty good especially in this pose.

[Rich Steel]

Thanks for the replies and comments. Still trying for the jays!

Cheers

Rich