I don't care what type of bird it is or how common it is; that's a gorgeous shot.
Nice and sharp, wonderful pose, beautifully framed by the reeds, the background / bokeh is beautiful and creamy. Finally THAT LIGHT is stunning. I love this. Thanks for sharing it with us. Cheers, frank On November 5, 2015 9:38:55 AM EST, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >Still looking for decent images from the myriad I took the day I was >birding with my sister a few weeks ago. I always knew that birds were >challenging subjects, but I certainly have a greater appreciation for >those that capture them after seeing what an incredibly high >percentage of reject images I got from that day. The whole experience >even has me eyeing those 256GB SD cards. I really only got a meager >handful of images that I would want to show anybody and most of them >are quite ordinary. > >This is certainly an ordinary bird and a pretty ordinary shot, but at >least it made it into the small pile that I care to show anyone. It is >a vertical crop from a horizontal image taken with the K-3 and the old >Sigma EX 50-500mm f4-6.3 APO DG. > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/22777551706/in/dateposted-public/ > >Comments and criticism welcome in equal measure. -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
