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I'm off work at the moment and can't get out with the camera so taking the opportunity to go through some of the unprocessed shots from last year onto the new mac. THis little fella was taken at Rutland waterI just missed the beak open and burst of song but caught his breath 
As always your opinions will be valued.
| Brand: | Canon |
| Camera: | Canon EOS 7D |
| Lens: | EF100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 14 Apr 2012 - 2:11 PM |
| Focal Length: | 400mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/5.7 |
| Aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/160sec |
| Exposure Comp: | -1.0 |
| ISO: | 160 |
| Exposure Mode: | Aperture-priority AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| White Balance: | As Shot |
| Title: | YARP ... Yet another Robin Picture :D |
| Username: | 
nicktg |
| Uploaded: | 30 Jan 2013 - 11:40 AM |
| Tags: | Birds, General, Robin, Wildlife / nature |
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Good close up.............good details in the feathers and good focus.............
Super pic here but maybe a little soft. I have uploaded a mod where I adjusted levels and cloned out the small branch bottom left and the blue patch top left corner. Unless of course you used a tripod then the shutter speed is a little to long as you would need around 1/400sec minimum to cut out any vestige of camera shake. Focus wise you have displayed nice differential focussing but perhaps to be sure of adequate DoF with a 400mm lens I would have been tempted to use an aperture of f8. Using maximum aperture is not the most efficient use of the lens.
I can't understand the necessity for exposure compensation of -1.
Despite my comments this is generally a super pic.
Frank
Thanks all,
Paul,
Noted - thanks for that I'll bear it in mind.
Frank,
I agree with the small branch looks better. The blue patch - I wasn't sure if it was part of the breath so left it ... doesn't look any worse for removing so I guess it's a case of if it doesn't add anything ...
I must have had tripod with me even though we were walking around as this was take in a small copse hence the 1/60th/sec. I'd only had the camera a week or so at the time so the -1 may well have been an accident
As always much appreciated guys.
Nick
Hi Nick... you have the most important element right in this Robin shot, it's in focus. To my mind the image would suit a portrait crop and include more room above the bird.
I have loaded a mod in which I have tried to show what I mean, please ignore the very rough cloning used to add extra to the canvas above the bird 
. I have also added some unsharp mask to make the image slightly crisper.
Hope this helps.
Trev
A fabulous sharp and detailed shot Nick. I would recommend a square crop, with added space at the top, a touch more contrast, and desatrurate the background. Those bright greens are. well, bright.
A slight de sat on the Robin improves his sharpness as the red is a little bit hot.
Uploaded a mod I hope you like, view large.
regards
Willie
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