Snow fight

[Ben_Sadd]

I mentioned in an earlier post about the territoriality of the european robins and promised to post a image of one getting to grips with a greenfinch. There are a few things that I would have improved, but I wasn't really set up for action at this time.

Standard PP, plus added a little canvas above and removed some sticks and rubbish.

7D
500mm + 1.4
Av +2.33
ss 1/125
f/7.1
ISO 800

[John Chardine]

I like this blur and the splashes of colour Ben. Nice layout too. The only thing I might try is to lighten up the large smudge at the upper right (caused by the wing blur I think). Well done and well timed.

[Ben_Sadd]

Thanks John. I was pleased with the dynamism here.

How much of the wing blur smudge would you lighten? Just the kind of separate smudge in the very top right corner? It perhaps also got emphasised when I added a little canvas.

[Julie Kenward]

This would be a bit hit in the OOTB forum...I'm going to copy it down there! The slight blur of the action is really nice. I think if you had managed to get the face of the one bird totally in focus it would have been even stronger. Still - those splashes of yellow and orange are beautiful!

[Ben_Sadd]

Thanks Jules. Yes, I would have liked to have had the robins face in focus but the moment passed very quickly. The next frame has the greenfinch spread on the floor with the robin on top!

[Mikko Viljamaa]

I can't necessary explain why I just like this photo :wh. Maybe it is the yellow and orange colors on white BG...

Mikko

[John Chardine]

Thanks John. I was pleased with the dynamism here.

How much of the wing blur smudge would you lighten? Just the kind of separate smudge in the very top right corner? It perhaps also got emphasised when I added a little canvas.

I was thinking this much Ben.

[Ben_Sadd]

Thanks John, that was about what I imagined you meant.

Did you tweak something else here?

[John Chardine]

Nothing else touched Ben.