C&C Birds

dinneenp · 06-01-2011 3:26pm #1

Most taken through my back window. (they fly away the second you open the window....)

1. The Black Crow. I added the noise, like the effect

2. Feeding Time

3. Some random bird

4. You talkin to me?

5. Food fight. I could have edited out the bird feeder but I left it in so you can see what they're fighting over.

greeneyedspirit · 06-01-2011 3:45pm

Ah yes, feathered friends

Nice shots, I particularly like the tit (blue tit?) in the 3rd shot, that's a really nice photograph, IMO.

I quite like the first one, but I think positioning the rook (not a crow

) a bit to either side, to not have him sit slam bang in the middle of the frame, would have made for a nicer composition.

No. 4 is lovely, too, I like the composition and the trees hanging in at the top of the shot.

gsxr1 · 06-01-2011 3:48pm

3 is great. Better than the rest.

GhostInTheRuins · 06-01-2011 5:05pm

I love the guy in the second one, what a cool dude

Nozebleed · 06-01-2011 5:33pm

what lens are you using for those pics?

dinneenp · 06-01-2011 5:42pm

My Pentax 18-250mm lens. At longest focal length for most of them and cropped a bit. The feeding ones and the 'blue tit' are shot through my kitchen window, they were quiet close, just on hand rail of my back decking.

Heebie · 06-01-2011 9:39pm

Are you sure they're birds? They don't look like they're falling out of the sky, dead. =O

Some of them are downright pretty and lifelike, even!

LeoB · 08-01-2011 2:31pm

# 3 is my fav. Excellent. # 2 with a little less handrail. All nice shots. Well done.

Prenderb · 08-01-2011 2:40pm

I like 4 the best - did you crop afterwards or is that the original framing? Faster shutter speed might (I stress might) have made the 5th a little better, but you might lose the drama of the wingflapping. Nice close-in pics though!

K_user · 08-01-2011 5:47pm

Nice set.

In terms of "pure" wildlife, I like #3 the best. A good close up, with great DOF.

For the cute factor you can't beat #2, spot on.

#5 is a great action shot, it would have been nice to see both birds faces, but its not like you can go out and ask them to turn to the side

#1 and #4 are my favourite though. Central cropping can be "iffy" at times, but with #1 I think it really works. And I really like #4. The angle of the birds, the empty sky beneath, the trees on top.

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