Nicely captured Pat and I love the background.
Very nice, Pat. Look at that bokeh... it's "bokehlicious"!
Nice shot pat. Very sharp ,good color, and lots of detail. Perhaps a crop where the eye is less centered would help. (personally i would like to see a little more of the post he's sitting on )
I like it alot better pat. The iron pipe adds some interest (especially with the curved part) and the eye is on the upper 1/3 line. Well done.
I like the first one, but this one is a far more interesting crop. Nice shot.
I am in two minds here Pat. I did think the bird sat a little low in the frame in the first images. I like old rusty iron and while this is a more interesting crop I now find myself looking at the pipe and the bird.
Great shot. Second crop is the keeper in my book. My favorite bird pics are those that give the viewer a little insight into the subject's behaviors.
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Pat
Did you hand-hold this? It's a very nice shot indeed, and a very pretty bird. But it looks slightly bleary to me. The shutter speed was 1/60s, which seems quite slow for a bird shot. You used ISO100 - I would have thought with the 50D (have one myself) that ISO200 would have been fine, and would have given you 1/120s.
Good shot, though.
Hi Folks.
Thank you all for your comments which have given me great encouragement.I agree with Steve on the crop.
Rob,the shot was taken with a tripod from a bedroom window,I was watching the bird for three days the first day it landed on the pipe(used for a clothes line) so I set up the gear aimed for the top of the pipe, the following morning the bird arrived but did'nt land on said pipe.The thrid morning the wee bird obliged and I got the shot,I was hoping to portray how the bird trembles when it sings at the top of its voice, hence I think the bleary look on it's body feathers.I am a relative newcomer to photography Rob and am wondering would I have got the same effect at a faster shutter speed. Best Wishes Pat
Love it! I like #1 better though, the metal part is too distracting in this otherwise all nature shot. I think I'd try uhm.. a vertical.. or square crop?
Anyway, lovely colors and I like it how the bird was moving, so you got the eyes sharp but the rest of the little body a little fuzzy - looks a bit like the babylens effect, very cool
I do enjoy bird photography and normally shoot birds with a wide aperture for shallow DOF to isolate then against the background and also because it gives me a faster shutter to freeze the action because these little fellows move fast. You would not have captured the quivering motion of the bird at a faster shutter if this was what you were after but it would have given you a sharper body on the bird.