Nice pose and some great detail. A lovely image of one of my favourite birds. Congrats !
Nice pose and some great detail. A lovely image of one of my favourite birds. Congrats !
Thanks Wez, it was fun watching it prance about.That second one is great, Gary.
Enter it for one of those comedy wildlife awards
Thanks GaryNice pose and some great detail. A lovely image of one of my favourite birds. Congrats !
Thanks!@Mich56 1st is a Buzzard, 2nd looks like a Peregrine to me.
Thanks!Female Kestrel
Poor day looking for Goldcrests just got these
Thrush by Martin Billard, on Flickr
A Long Tailed Tit without a long tail
Long Tailed Tit by Martin Billard, on Flickr
One from the card from the other day
Long Tailed Tit by Martin Billard, on Flickr
something odd with the LTT shots did you mask to reduce background impact?
Nope, the first I reduced some of the highlights in the background (yellow leaf on right) and the whiteness of the broken twig it decided to sit on, there is a fair bit of noise as ISO 4000 which might be it. The second looks similar to the RAW file but slightly cropped to get rid of twig clutter. The background on the second was way off and the bird has high contrast against it, f7.1 with 500mm gives very little DOF at minimal focus distance of 4.5-5m hence the tail is even out of focus.Lovely Thrush, something odd with the LTT shots did you mask to reduce background impact?
I don't think I sharpened this one at all if I did it would have only been +5 in lightroom as I rarely go over that anyway. I usually only play with sharpening when printing photos.I was just looking at Martins shots when you posted Roger, .............can't see a great deal wrong with them meself, possibly a tad over sharpened on the 2nd LTT
Poor day looking for Goldcrests just got these
Thrush by Martin Billard, on Flickr
A Long Tailed Tit without a long tail
Long Tailed Tit by Martin Billard, on Flickr
One from the card from the other day
Long Tailed Tit by Martin Billard, on Flickr
View attachment 114060
As soon as the frost had gone and the sun came out we get a display of porn
View attachment 114061
Love these so natural.Female Shoveler ... wash routine!
Female Shoveler Duck by Roger, on Flickr
Female Shoveler Duck by Roger, on Flickr
Female Shoveler Duck by Roger, on Flickr
Female Shoveler Duck by Roger, on Flickr