A pleasant image Adam, like the dof just shame about the broken branch being in there
Thanks Phil, ye completely agree, it is distracting. I mite have a play with it, see if I can use the other side to clone it out a bit.Excellent I would have been very happy with that viewed on flickr you look to have nailed the focus on the birds head, motion blur in the wings is great and the pov and I can see plenty of detail in the sky.
If anything, for me, it could have done with a plastic feeder to stop the glare on the bottom being a little distracting
Wow, thanks Graham that's very kind. Settings wise it was shot at 1/1600 at F6.3 ISO 800. The reason it was ISO 800 was because I wanted more DOF to get more of the bird in focus but needed a very fast shutter speed otherwise the whole bird was a blur! They move so fast! yes there was a flash too, off camera to the left and below. I set it to high speed sync and used ETTL for a bit of fill light.Adam this is great... bordering on awesome.
Super compoosition with the fence on a third, and the leaves creating a left third. No problems with the sky, nice textures to not detract from the main even in the centre. Fantastic POV.
Super capture for timing and motion / light on the birds outstretched wings.
Looking at it the only thing I'd like to see different is the fence at the right cloned to complete the run through the image. And that has to be the tiniest nit-pick ever.
Love it, share your settings please?? Presume there was a flash involved too??
Adam this is great... bordering on awesome.
Super compoosition with the fence on a third, and the leaves creating a left third. No problems with the sky, nice textures to not detract from the main even in the centre. Fantastic POV.
Super capture for timing and motion / light on the birds outstretched wings.
Looking at it the only thing I'd like to see different is the fence at the right cloned to complete the run through the image. And that has to be the tiniest nit-pick ever.
Love it, share your settings please?? Presume there was a flash involved too??
No it's not one that I've ever used, it's just an old one that my brother acquired a while ago and is just in the collection!I agree with Graham great shot
Mono...fits the theme well, do you still use it Adam?
Thanks very much LynneHI Adam
Absolutely love your Action shot.....perfectly lit , perfectly caught motion in the wings & a great POV....can't crit at all
Mono.....perfect subject for the theme , the negatives add a bit of interest ,slight angle works.... not 100% on the clipped bit of the negative...but thats a minor crit
cheers Phil.Good interesting image Adam, like the composition, dof, plenty of detail, works well
Thanks AndyHi, Adam, Action...cracker, really works for me: perspective, detail, slight motion blur. Just works.
Mono, again, another good one. I spend some time looking at the detail on the camera.
Good work.
ACTION ... excellent. I love unusual camera angles and this is unusual.
MONO ... nice, sharp, good contrast, like the shadow of the strip of film on the front of box.
the old camera not really grabbing me.... not like the bird did last week....
I do also like the shadows coming through the hols in the filmstrip edges.. wonder if more could be made of that somehow??
thanks guysLove the action shot Adam, perfectly caught and well worth the wait!
Mono is dead on theme and a good technical shot, but it just doesn't hold my attention like the action one does.
Thanks DK, I did wonder wether to clip the negative on the front or not, I decided to in the end as it looked a bit central if I left it all inHi Adam
The bird shot is great, such an unusual angle but it works really well, shame the sky didn't have something better to offer, but the coloured leaves help lift the shot for me, nice capture
Mono - Nicely set up, great old camera, I don't mind the film clipped to the rear of the shot, but I'd like to see the the whole of the bits in front, but all in all a well lit shot and a pleasing composition again
Thanks AllanHi, brilliant bird shot fantastic angle, I can see why it took a few shots but worth it
Camera nicely exposed and lit not sure on the inclusion of the film strips though
Cheers MandyThe bird shot is fantastic i really like it. and i love the idea and the composition for the mono theme superb work.