Three nice shots first one does it for me though
Regards
Lost
yep agreed as above
I can a "little noise" just creeping in though is it a heavy crop?
it might be worth just running a "blur tool" over the background.
well done on capturing them the first does look more noisy to me but I think you may just have oversharpened it slightly halo round the beak think you could get away with a little less the middle one is my fav
I think that is a lot better now its a good shot I am guilty myself sometimes at overdoing it so hope you didn t mind me saying more importantly do you think it looks better
Well SPOTTED Alison Lovely set, #1 and 2 would be my pic with #3 just suffering a bit on sharpness, probably to do with being excited I would imagine Great colour and detail on them well done
Thanks kaz, yes I think it looks a lot better now as well, of course I don't mind you saying - that's the only way I'm going to improve
Thanks Rich, you're definately right about me being excited, it's great when you see a bird you've never seen before isn't it? I think I'm going to start trying a tripod
Thats a good decision Alison Although I use one myself a lot I definately need a decent one, the one I have is reminiscent of a Daffodil blowing in the wind
Three lovely shots Alison, No.1 being my favourite. My only crit is the background is a little bright compared to the rest of the shot and being a little busy tends to distract from the subject. Well done for getting that close, really nervy customers these.
Thanks Donna, how can I get my background to come out darker, is it when I take the shot or is there something I can do in Photoshop?
In Photoshop. You will need to create a new layer of just the background so use the magnetic lassoo tool to cut out the background, create a new layer via copy (of the selection) then select the new layer and alter its brightness etc. until you are happy.
Very good pics - well caught.
The top one is not the same bird as the other 2 pics. Looks like you had two around!
I'm inclined to think the top on is a Gt. Spotted and the bottom 2 are lesser spotted but I may be wrong. However the top is a different bird from the others as it has no red on the very top of its head. It could be a male/female or adult/juvenile thing.
Lovely shots of a beautiful bird
love them...I'm soooo envious