Tasty bird...

gt_junkie · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:47

... or at least that's what the bird of prey thought!

It had swooped down and caught the blackbird unawares. Didn't even get a chance to trake off!

First one was taken using a 350D with my 170-500mm Sigma the other two were from my 55-200mm kit lens as i found i could get very close: (Also, sorry if the colours, etc are out - can only edit them on my work machine and i know for a fact the monitors colour/contrast/brightness is waaaay out!)

gt

Helium_Junkie · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:48

Wow!

An absolutely fantastic shot! Once the colours are improved a little that's a beauty!

IceAx · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:49

Nice pics mate - you captured that very well!

Andy

gt_junkie · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:51

Helium_Junkie said:
Wow!
An absolutely fantastic shot! Once the colours are improved a little that's a beauty!

Thanks!

Could you give that a try for me? Just so i can see how far this monitor is out.

Is it too underexposed or washed out?

gt

gt_junkie · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:52

-=BAF=-AXE said:
Nice pics mate - you captured that very well!

Andy

Cheers Andy!

Still getting my head round this SLR lark.

So much easier to mess up a shot compared to my old sony f717!

gt

IceAx · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:54

Hehe - its all about practise, practise practise.

Shame i dont get any time atm

Andy

gt_junkie · 13 Aug 2007 at 14:55

-=BAF=-AXE said:
Hehe - its all about practise, practise practise.

Shame i dont get any time atm

Andy

I know what you mean!

I only got this shot cos it happened on the lawn outside my office window at work... what are the chances!

gt

Raikiri · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:49

gt_junkie said:
Thanks!

Could you give that a try for me? Just so i can see how far this monitor is out.

Is it too underexposed or washed out?

gt

It's a little washed out, I have just adjusted the levels, curve, colours and saturation a little bit in this one. I've also cropped out the particularly bright bit on the bottom left as I found it distracting. They're brilliant pictures though :eek:

gt_junkie · 13 Aug 2007 at 15:56

Raikiri said:
It's a little washed out, I have just adjusted the levels, curve, colours and saturation a little bit in this one. I've also cropped out the particularly bright bit on the bottom left as I found it distracting. They're brilliant pictures though

Thanks so much Raikiri.

I've just readjusted my monitor to work with your image! That crop works well too - thanks.

That shot was taken from about 10-12ft away. It was just totally engrosed in it's meal - it only flew away when one of my colleagues jumped into his (diesel) car and started it up.

Thanks again pal!

gt

Joe T · 13 Aug 2007 at 18:20

Nice angle you got there! Well done!

I'm viewing this on work laptop so I cant comment on colours or contrast either.

gt_junkie · 13 Aug 2007 at 19:00

Joe T said:
Nice angle you got there! Well done!

I'm viewing this on work laptop so I cant comment on colours or contrast either.

Thanks Joe,

I know what you mean. Just got home to my 226bw and i can really see how washed out they were... sorry guys!

Raikiri's reworking of my initial poor attempt really looks stunning in comparison!

gt

dirtybeatfreak · 13 Aug 2007 at 19:03

wow, great shots m8, u can tell they're keepers before any pp even

dirtybeatfreak · 13 Aug 2007 at 19:04

oh and ill be the first to admit i was hoping for a good looking woman when i saw the thread title, cmon guys admit it

gt_junkie · 13 Aug 2007 at 19:34

alangelluk said:
wow, great shots m8, u can tell they're keepers before any pp even

Cheers Alan! Very nice of you to say!

Yeah... i'm sorry i got you guys in here under slightly false pretenses!

Completely unintentional of course!

gt