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  1. 10-24-2011, 10:17 AM #1
    Steve Kaluski
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    These guys do not hang around for long and move like a bullet, so to get a shot of one with it's crest slightly raised was OK. This was shot at the edge of the pine forest, the soft green is in fact the start of another forest some 100m away. The perch is a branch that is still attached to the tree.
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    Subject: Crested tit side profile, raised crest (Lophophanes cristatus)
    Location: UK, Cairngorms
    Camera: Canon MKIII
    Lens: 500mm/f4 - Gitzo tripod Wimberley side kick, Swiss Arca ball head
    Exposure: 1/400s at f/6.3 ISO200 0 stop compensation
    Crop: Slight crop for presentation (original capture horizontal)
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  2. 10-24-2011, 10:26 AM #2
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    Great IQ and great perch. Some may say the perch is overpowering but I think its what makes the image!...Very nice
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    I love the perch too...it has great character! Awesome IQ, very detailed and well composed. Lovely BG provided by the distant forest. Although the HA is OK, it would have been perfect had it been turned a wee bit more towards us. Still, I wish this was mine!!
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  4. 10-24-2011, 10:57 AM #4
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    What a gem! Gorgeous detail and exposure. Was this in Scotland?
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  5. 10-24-2011, 11:09 AM #5
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    Cheers guys, WOW Daniel.

    Hi Jonathan, yep up in the Cairngorms, there are a few places, but as you can appreciate, light & weather is in very little supply and what you see, juxtapose to shoot are/can be be polls apart. Light can fade just as quick as thee birds arrive so not real chance to settle down. The pine trees have great character and with the lichen that has taken hundreds of years to grow indicating a pollution free environment, it all makes for a great location.

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  6. 10-24-2011, 01:22 PM #6
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    Excellent IQ & BG. Very well exposed. Like the perch too.
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  7. 10-24-2011, 02:03 PM #7
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    Nice one, Steve. terrific details and BG. good job getting so perfectly parallel.
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  8. 10-24-2011, 02:28 PM #8
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    Love the soft light, great IQ and that perch! Nice one Steve!
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  9. 10-24-2011, 03:05 PM #9
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    Beautiful bird, beautiful perch. A very nice capture under what I'm sure were difficult conditions. Wonderful detail.
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    Excellent ...just a pity the bird's crest wassn't in better shape. Superb setting and technicals.
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    Great perch great pose and love the crest. I kinda like the seperation at the crest as I think it adds character
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  12. 10-24-2011, 08:53 PM #12
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    Great image Steve! I like the perch, pose, raised crest and clean BG.
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    Terrific shot. Love the perch, great looking background, and very good pose.
    Well done.
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    Thanks guys really do appreciate any feedback. Avian is still an area I need to develop, as it tends to be more of a spin off from what I originally went out for ie Brown hares I get Little owls, Red squirrels I get Cresties, fun fun, fun...

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  15. 10-25-2011, 06:17 PM #15
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    That is a beautiful image Steve.

    Raised crest, detail in the eye and the nice delicate perch.

    Nicely done.

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  16. 10-26-2011, 12:18 AM #16
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    Rocking image indeed , big congrats
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