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Really nice to get that angle - I’d guess you were half way up a mountain at the time.
You will be shocked to know even the mother can walk through those bars.
Thanks - thought you’d have to have a huge pixel count otherwise.
Anyway, hoping to walk to a new spot when photoing birds, and not expecting it to flow off, is a mug’s game :)
I like the way you’ve shown the context in one photo, the bird in the other. Is that just digital zoom or two photos and an optical zoom?
The sparrow was just pure good luck, and a bit of a surprise when I reviewed the photo!
And I suppose to complete it, House Martins from the same group gathering the mud in the harbour
It is indeed a Canon, and using Canon’s DPP4 to correct the over-exposed whites using the RAW format of pictures. I really ought to research it properly, but I’m guessing that different colours (YGB) are reaching over-exposed to different degrees and getting capped. E.g. Blue is very over-exposed, Yellow is a bit over-exposed and Green is only barely over-exposed. Then when I try to bring them back to properly exposed “as one” with the histogram tool or brigtness slider, those caps and degrees are getting messed up, giving a colour balance in a manner that doesn’t reflect the original and I get a green tinge.
That, or pay more attention to whites in frame!
Thanks. What’s worse, is that I lost quite a few attempts to this problem today: white gulls and the like, against dark backgrounds. Trying to remove over-exposure just leaves a vivid green discolouration,
Out of interest, is the green under its chin a result of trying to get light/histogram levels correct, or was it really “there”. I often have trouble with over-exposed areas picking up a green or blue tinge when corrected.
Yes, I’ve plenty of nice sharp “normal” images of young gulls, but as you say, this sort of thing stands out.
Perhaps a proper Kite photo to compensate, possibly even the same bird.
Oh, very well done - and if that level of camera shake is all you have to worry about, you’re a far better photographer than I! Just a bit of a shame the file downloaded so slowly I didn’t get to the end before other things called, but that’s not on you.
Compare and contrast: close to a winner’s quality!
So similar to the UK’s Lesser Spotted Woodpecker! The white and black banding on the head is a bit different, and to me that seems about it.
They actually nest in trees!
This one is kinda proof of the claim, I alas don’t have any better
P.S. in case it’s not obvious, that’s the female!
Mostly accidental - in the sense that there was a lot to crop, and I felt the blossom just had to remain, for all it was not on my mind when taking the shot.
Indeed, this sort of thing (also taken today, but somehow doesn’t appeal as much to me)
Thank you - it’s rare I get a sequence for a montage, but I like the impact when I do.
Looking back at my old photos from various locations, that “not round pupil” thing in wood pigeons seems more often present than not. I wasn’t something I’d looked previously out for.