I took this image of these wonderful small birds whilst on a trip to Scotland. It took me a while to get in close enough, but I think the result was worth it. I rattled off over 100 images in the end. It was a very dull day, so hence the higher ISO. Any comments always welcomed.
7D, 100-400mm, ISO 800, 1/800 sec, f7.1 - processed in Lightroom 4
Last edited by Simon Wantling; 06-15-2012 at 07:41 AM.
nice one ,like the posemay be take a bit off the right of the frame, and add a bit on the left,if possible,good detail,would clone the piece of wire at back of its legs and ring if mine.thanks.
Lovely pose, shooting angle and exposure. I too would remove the wire or ring behind bird's legs. I might also look at a bit tighter crop with a touch off bottom and right. It looks like a tough spot to get low.
Nice setting, one that you have to be careful not going too low in...yuo had a good compromise here. Perfect head angle, and good techs...perhaps just a bit of NR to the BG (especially the top half). Bummer about the piece of litter (or twig or leaf stem?) behind the legs.
Thanks for all the replies as ever. Its nice to know I'm slowly improving thanks to all your advice. Yes, I hadn't initially spotted it but it is a shame about the litter. I'm not sure I'll attempt to remove it as I think I may ruin the image. I'll have a look at applying some, noise reduction to the background.