Some pictures I took recently

keps

I was looking at this cormorant in lucan Demesne on Thursday and was amazed at its head turning flexibility

Here it has turned its head to its left ( and almost back to its right) by about 220 degrees:eek:
( Don't try this at home)

savagethegoat

a nice Siskin male against the frosty fields...this photo is an experiment in cropping rather than using the digital zoom. I have placed the bird in the centre but with it's face around the "thirds" area, does this work?



this is the original

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Savagethegoat, they all work. Do you want a decent honest representation of a Siskin or an aesthetically pleasing photo? For me it's the character of the bird placed in it's proper environment with a bit of scale that makes a good Nature photograph.

savagethegoat

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

Savagethegoat, they all work. Do you want a decent honest representation of a Siskin or an aesthetically pleasing photo? For me it's the character of the bird placed in it's proper environment with a bit of scale that makes a good Nature photograph.

I like to show something of the whole scene too rather than just the bird.I'll keep trying, still a learner at birds and photography.

savagethegoat

A Dunnock I think warming up after a cold night and morning. Just started to warm up from zero degrees half an hour back. I just failed to get a photo of a Redpoll doing the same, back to the sun , wings stretched a bit

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Unless these's a smudge on the screen, that's a Redpoll.

savagethegoat

Yes, I can se a red smudge too now it's on the screen....my bad :-)

Lambsbread

Grey Heron by AindriuH, on Flickr

DellyBelly

gzoladz wrote: »

Black Redstart



Rock Pipit



Shag

That is a meadow pipit not a rock pipit. Rock pipit are a lot grayer in tones and the bill of the rock is much stronger than that. Also I think that is a cormorant and not a shag

OpenYourEyes

Mod Note:

Congratulations to Nightforce 65X55 for a fantastic picture of the month from October - head on over to the thread to check it out:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=98365722#post98365722

Hotei

keps

Redpoll ( tempted by a sprinkling of nijer seed;))

Nightforce 65X55

Saw 2 Goldcrest today , 1 in the Wicklow Mountains and the other in North Co Dublin . Lovely little bird but they just don't stay still for long....

vandriver

savagethegoat wrote: »

a nice Siskin male against the frosty fields...this photo is an experiment in cropping rather than using the digital zoom. I have placed the bird in the centre but with it's face around the "thirds" area, does this work?



this is the original

My take on cropping the picture.

savagethegoat

vandriver wrote: »

My take on cropping the picture.

I see the point there, you've lost the blank space to the left and added more branch. Thanks.

Hotei

savagethegoat

I don't get a lot of Greenfinches.

Hotei

savagethegoat wrote: »

I don't get a lot of Greenfinches.

That's a lovely shot - well done!

keps

First blackcap of this winter arrived in the garden earlier today ... maybe a sign of colder weather?







A new one to add to this week's survey sheet.

Hotei

keps

A couple of years ago, I dropped into this forum ( for bird ID ) when I was doing a bit of ‘convalescence ’ walking with my camera along the Liffey .

I didn’t know a blackcap from a nightcap.

Today I saw this ‘friend’ arrive in the garden – and I think his joy at seeing the apple was more than matched by my joy at seeing him!

savagethegoat

have placed an apple in my tree.....

savagethegoat

high in the Clematis, this Chaffinch has adopted this spot as his lookout.

savagethegoat

experimenting with the settings and focusing on his eye as suggested on here, I came up with this....better or worse?

TopTec

IMO the previous clematis picture was better. This one looks a bit washed out and slightly less sharp. Is that through glass as well? Is it possible you could take one from outdoors so a comparison could be made. Your Chaffinch one was lovely.

TT

savagethegoat

same bird same place almost, through glass both. I'll keep experimenting. I appreciate the comments.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Better before. Do your own thing. Focusing on the eye kills the overall picture

OpenYourEyes

Always focus on the eye when taking a picture of anything with an eye! (unless you're going for an abstract style of picture)
You can still frame it differently each time despite focusing on the eye, but always focus on the eye.

JosDel

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Always focus on the eye when taking a picture of anything with an eye! (unless you're going for an abstract style of picture)
You can still frame it differently each time despite focusing on the eye, but always focus on the eye.

You got there before me

keps

Guess who paid another quick visit earlier today?


Again photos taken through window( and some branches)