Chaffinch

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• trampas (0)
• [2008-05-20 15:03]
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hi derek.
a lovely capture.
i agree, a most under rated british bird.
one sat on my fence today singing to me. of course, my camera was in the house.
good compo and frame
tfs
Brian

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• tyro (4422)
• [2008-05-20 15:15]
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Hello, Derek.

An excellent photograph! Lovely colours and sharpness and perfect exposure.

I really admire people who can take pictures of these lovely creatures - I like trees and bridges and things that don't move or fly away too quickly. Birds are too quick for me but I'd love to have a go.

I have set up a little bird feeder in the back garden in the hope that I might get some pictures, but not much luck so far. What sort of set-up do you use? Do you use a tripod and some sort of hide? (I suppose you must have used a tripod with an exposure of 1/80 sec at a focal length of 300mm., though I see that you are using a stabilised [VR] lens.) Was this picture cropped quite a lot or not?

Excellent, Derek!

Kind Regards,

John.

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• angela926 (2574)
• [2008-05-20 18:03]
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Hello Derek,
Great capture of this colorsful bird, excellent
sharpness and depth of field, the green grass makes
a lovely background, beautiful colors and famtastic
details, nice pose.
ANgela

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• Jong (3168)
• [2008-05-20 19:29]
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this little one really beautiful, love the details and colours. green field add some fresh colours to the pose. tfs, Derek

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• kross1 (4936)
• [2008-05-20 19:44]
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Derek,
A wonderful capture with very good detail and composition. I like the P.O.V. for this shot. You must have been practically laying on the ground for this one. Well done.
Regards,
Kevin

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• malain (3188)
• [2008-05-20 20:08]
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Wow, what a beautiful bird ! I didn't know this one. The colors are wonderful.
Thank you for this photo, Derek.
Have a nice day, Michel

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• harry007 (0)
• [2008-05-21 0:39]
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hi derek,

cracking picture of this wee beauty, great pov and good colours...nice detail and good lighting...nice1.

cheers..harry

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• luckybry (12051)
• [2008-05-21 7:50]
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nice capture Derek well done bout time u cut your grass is it not

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• lrw1966 (0)
• [2008-05-21 9:52]
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Derek Hi;
You have a wonderful way with birds and images, a very good talent. I really like the POV, colors, composition and framing. Very well done.
Larry
USA
TFS!

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• Mujahid-Awais (5553)
• [2008-05-21 10:31]
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More than beautiful.

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• toucan1967 (65)
• [2008-05-21 11:52]
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Hi Derek,
Nice shot of Mr C, good colours and details and I like the low POV, the sharpness could be slightly better but I think that is down to camera shake, at 300mm you want to try and get a shutter speed of 1/600sec or higher, I am not up on the settings of the Nikon but try Aperture Priority and open the aperture right up f/4.5, this will give you maximum light to the sesor and give you a tighter DOF, it will also raise the shutter speed, if you don't get the 1/600sec just raise the ISO. I hope this helps a little, it's a few tips that I picked up backalong when I started shooting birds.
Regards Andy