mr harris

[scott benson]

hi all hope you like one of my pics with my old pentax k20d and sigma 150-500mm,
f5, 150mm, 1/640sec, iso 100.
sorry forgot to resize image, tried to edit but cant delete the image to repost resized version

[Dave Blinder]

Scott, great exposure, and lighting. Bird looks pretty sharp too. I'd prefer no motion blur on the wings and you'd probably need faster than 1/1000 of a second to do that. Something funky is going on with they eye, but maybe just its membrane is closed? There's a sharpening halo around the bird.

[scott benson]

Scott, great exposure, and lighting. Bird looks pretty sharp too. I'd prefer no motion blur on the wings and you'd probably need faster than 1/1000 of a second to do that. Something funky is going on with they eye, but maybe just its membrane is closed? There's a sharpening halo around the bird.

cheers dave,i like the wing slightly blurred as to me it gives more of a feeling of movement, also i am pritty sure he was in mid blink, also this was one of my early photoshop atempts and i to think it has bern slightly over shaprened looking at it now,
still lots to learn in p and p

[Dave Blinder]

Scott - How did ya manage to get this at 150mm? Friendly/tame bird, or was this part a workshop/exhibit?

Keep up the good work!

- Dave

[Harshad Barve]

Lovely pose
You try to smoth out BG and pull back some sharpening
TFS

Scott - How did ya manage to get this at 150mm? Friendly/tame bird, or was this part a workshop/exhibit?

Keep up the good work!

- Dave

+ 1 for 150mm

[scott benson]

i was walking along my local river when noticed this fella land on a low tree branch watching something on the ground, this was a quick shot as i had the lens locked at 150mm and this is a (cropped) version, as for the backround i removed some distracting mose from the tree trunk(i think it was moss it was green)
just lucky that day as its a rare site round here.

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Scott: Pretty nice photo to have caught in such a suprise way. Too bad about that eye wink though. I agree with the above and wish you had more room on the left. Not a lot of time to think about those things when a hawk jumps right down in front of you on a river walk, eh? Thanks for posting.

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Scott
Pretty nice grab shot! I personally like the motion blur in the wings. Shame about the eye but well done anyway!
Best,
Nicki