Finally, after waiting some time I had a good day for pictures with this bird.
Good day to all, and sory for my bad english.
Merops apiaster on Portugal
Finally, after waiting some time I had a good day for pictures with this bird.
Good day to all, and sory for my bad english.
One of my favorite bird species with an excellent background that helps to isolate the subject, very nice soft light and colors and the prey on the bill is a big bonus. Fantastic eye contact, by the way. The image looks a bit oversharpened in my monitor and I think the the out of focus part of the perch is a bit distracting.
Do not worry about your english Bruno, mine is not very good too and we all use a common language here: our images ;)
Please do not forget to include the basic technical information of the image (ISO, aperture. shutter speed, etc) because it helps a lot to evaluate the images and it is a great way of learning for other members.
Keep them coming :)
Lovely light and soft background. Would love to see the technical information.
Excellent post, Bruno. A very nice species we can only admire from here. Strong diagonal from the body, super BG and good head angle and sharpness. The meal is a bonus, thanks for sharing it with us.
The exif:
ISO 200
F7.1
1/250
Sory for the late
Camera, lens, and tc? :)
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Originally Posted by Bruno Calha
Canon 400D + Canon 100-400 mm + 580 EXII + 055 xPRo B + Hide
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Thanks. Now you are cooking. Love the bird and the colors and the insect. The o-o-f portion of the perch is distracting for me.
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Thanks Arthur and the others.
Your opinions was important for me.
I fully agree with the opinion about the perch. During the session commented the same. Next time I will change the perch.
Good plan. The tricks are to use the smallest attractive perch that the bird will land on comfortably and to position it so that it does not protrude towards you. It is the o-o-f focus part that is the problem.
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Very nice soft BG and the bird nicely separated from it. Good detail and colours too.
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