Re: #044 - crossbill

From: "Mark" <lurchl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: #044 - crossbill



Graham:
How did you get so close? Is it an extreme crop?
Interesting closeup of a crossbill - I'm not sure of the species. Probably native to Great Britain, as it doesn't look like anything I've seen on the U.S. west coast.
I want to see more background around the bird (though I suspect you cropped out some distracting bright sky), and a little more sharpness. 

Mark

Mark Bohrer
Wildlife Photography on the Urban Edge
www.mountain-and-desert.com



http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/08044.htm


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Hi Mark,
I got out of the car to start a walk and he sat about 10ft from me and didn't move. I grabbed my camera from the back seat, panicked (of course) and fired off a couple of frames without regard for settings. You are right about the crop, I took some off to minimise the light background. 

Doug Herr called it right. It is a Robin with a deformed bill.

The settings on the camera were RAW, 100 ISO, Aperture Priority (1/30 second @ 
f3.7)
I thought the zoom was more but the EXIF shows 90mm.

Full frame is here:
http://www.geebeephoto.com/2008/Temp.htm

Thanks for looking.
--Graham 


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