Taken from inside a hide (blind), seed was placed as bait.
Canon 50D Canon 500mm f4 L IS
ISO 1000
1/800 sec
f4
When I took this image I was going through a period of "trusting" the camera so I put it on auto ISO. I can rely on it to provide a decent shutter speed but sometimes the ISO could have been set safely to a lower setting, still the auto setting is useful occasionally.
The original image looked rather cold so I warmed the colours a little. All comments welcome.
Last edited by Jonathan Ashton; 01-20-2010 at 08:38 AM.
This is not an easy picture to crop not when you have the large berries together with the subject. The do lead the eye from the main subject but sometimes you grab what you can get. The lighting is well diffused and even. Looks good at ISO1000 for the 50D on my laptop.
Nice setting, and I like the berries. I do find the one in LLC rather close to the edge though - do you have a tiny bit more canvas to add back at left and below (as posted you just need about 1/4" more). I like the overcast light, and pose of the subject. I'd lighten the iris a bit, and eliminate the OOF branch directly below the tail. There is also a sliver of a berry showing at left edge centre that should be cloned out. Beustiful BG that matches the yellows of the plumage.
Blue Tit on sloes
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