Verdin

[Ian Cassell]

Canon 7D
Canon EF 400mm f/5.6L HH
1/1000 sec f/16 ISO 800 Tv -.33

Crop for composition and sharpening in CS5
NR on BG in Noiseware pro

[Andrew Merwin]

Nice Ian. I like the symmetry between the bird & the perch, the BG. Its sharp & the detail is really good. Nice HA too. The slightly open beak & the visible feet are a plus also. TFS.

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Ian, nice job on the little Verdin - these birds are hard to capture! Very flighty little guys, but you got a nice pose and excellent results. Your techs are a little unorthodox. Why the high ISO and shutter priority? Not a negative since it worked so well, just curious what your thinking was.

[Ian Cassell]

Thanks, folks. LOL, Kerry ... I could say it was planned that way, but it wasn't -- it was luck ... I was shooting something else in dark cover and this guy came out of nowhere above me. I took what I could get before he flew off.

[Kerry Perkins]

Ian, aha - one of those!

[Ian Cassell]

Yeah -- I take what I can get :p