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01-31-2013, 09:20 AM - 1 Like   #1
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I would be thrilled to get such a close-up bird shot. Nice colour, great background. Catch-light in the eye too. My nitpickery is that her face seems not quite sharp to me. While the seeds & some of the lower feathers are sharp, the area between the eye & the beak seems just a bit soft. That's where you want the sharpest focus. I'm guessing either she moved her head a tiny bit, or her beak wasn't quite in line with where you had pre-focused.
Still, beats all my bird pix... keep going!
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I would be thrilled to get such a close-up bird shot. Nice colour, great background. Catch-light in the eye too. My nitpickery is that her face seems not quite sharp to me. While the seeds & some of the lower feathers are sharp, the area between the eye & the beak seems just a bit soft. That's where you want the sharpest focus. I'm guessing either she moved her head a tiny bit, or her beak wasn't quite in line with where you had pre-focused.
Still, beats all my bird pix... keep going!
Thanks very much, AC. Probably caused by her trying to get that oiler open.
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Thanks for posting this delightful image.

I admire the color, background, eye catchlight and feathers' sharpness.
Nitpicks, in addition to the previously mentioned facial movement, are two tiny white spots above the beak and one white spot below the beak. Also, if the image's slight downward tilt to the left isn't intentional, you might want to adjust that.

I hope to see more of your photographs.
Best wishes.


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Thanks for posting this delightful image.

I admire the color, background, eye catchlight and feathers' sharpness.
Nitpicks, in addition to the previously mentioned facial movement, are two tiny white spots above the beak and one white spot below the beak,. Also, if the image's slight downward tilt to the left isn't intentional, you might want to adjust that.

I hope to see more of your photographs.
Best wishes.
Thanks very much. All C/C welcomed and appreciated.

The angle is the way the feeder sits. White spots are probably snow or food residue. I'll be sure to clone out stuff like that in upcoming posts.
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