Snow Bunting singing
From Spitsbergen. There are many Snow Buntings over there but getting them to sit on the selected perch is another thing. Finally we managed to get him where we wanted...
C&C are welcome
Canon EOS 30D 1/250 f8
ISO 400
Canon 100-400 L IS USM
Focal Length 400m
RAW
M490 G1325
I like this a lot! Great setting, pose, BG and the little flower adds to it. I might crop a tiny bit off the left and it is visible on what parts of the BG you didn't apply NR.
This is lovely, Krijn. Whites well managed , lovely perch, background, action. The little tuft of grass really adds to it.
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A wonderful image Krijn - crisp with bird, background, foreground and exposure control just perfect.
Last edited by Simon Bennett; 02-07-2008 at 04:01 PM.
Superb compositional balance with the bird and the tuft of grass. Soft light and singing. I woudl take a hair off of the bottom to get rid of the bit of stuff intruding on the lower right frame edge. Overall just wonderful.
later and love, artie
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Thanks everyone for the nice comments
Hi Axel,Originally Posted by Axel Hildebrandt
I actually didn't apply anything to the BG at all. No NR and no blurring so I am not sure what you are seeing. Maybe my selective sharpening wasn't selective enough around the plant??? It occured to me that you are very keen on reducing noise. Although I am not a big fan of too much noise myself I'm not seeing a lot in this shot. This probably is a subjective thing, but when is noise too much in your opinion? I was just wondering......
Cheers :D
Krijn
Hi Krijn,
It's not that I'm looking for it. :) In this image I noticed the difference between BG and the areas surrounding the subject. Below is a portion of the upper part of the grass area to illustrate what I mean.
Excellent image. Well balanced composition, good exposure control, and you caught him singing. Axel has a keen eye ;)
The overall comp here is just fantastic. Open beak, lichen on the rocks, great white details. Room to look off into. A good one overall.
very nice image, one of the best I have seen of this species.
Beautiful composition, and the bird singing makes this image zing! Great work.
You can do much better on this species. Agree with Axels observation.
Glenn, Did you mean can or can't?
later and love, artie
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That's pretty harsh :confused: it isn't that bad is it? :(
I'm gonna' go out on a limb and say that Glenn meant "can't"...
I'm pretty sure that is a typo on Glenn's part.
Amazing composition, nice light & background, a superb image.
This is proof that a photo of a bird in its environment is often better than an ultra close up.
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