All creatures great and small ...

[AndyMulhearn]

My first even close to usable shots for some time. A cormorant that has been buzzing my local park for the past couple of days and a blackbird that was kind enough to pose for a time...


Cormorant circling by andymulhearn, on Flickr


Blackbird by andymulhearn, on Flickr

It's been a thin month so far, what with the good weather being during the week and the weekends being dull. Still the forecast is good for the 25th

[Stan]

Re: All creatures great and small ...

A very nice blackbird Andy

Stan

[antoeknee]

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Blackbird is very nice, good exposure and nice background.

[tesarver]

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Well done Andy

Tom

[DaveG001]

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Impressive shots at high ISO Andy
I really like the blackbird shot
Cheers
Dave

[AndyMulhearn]

Re: All creatures great and small ...

Thanks for looking everyone. The Blackbird was quite keen on posing, it was on that perch for a couple of minutes posing for me and then moved to another perch for a few more shots. On the second perch, I had to move backwards as I couldn't get him all in the frame - I love it when small birds do that

[Brian Sugden]

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It's always good to get birds in flight, however the background has not done you any favours. The blackbird is excellent. I may have taken a bit off the left to lose the leaves and a bit off the right to lose the twig, or clone it out.

Brian

[AndyMulhearn]

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Thanks Brian. I know what you mean about the background but the ones against clouds are worse

How's this for a better crop on the blackbird:


Blackbird by andymulhearn, on Flickr

[Nathaniel]

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for both but more so for the Blackbird. Excellent sharpness and clarity.

[Brian Sugden]

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Hi Andy, that's much better.

Brian

[AndyMulhearn]

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Cheers Nat and Brian

[Bill53]

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Two nice shots Andy, the cormorant shot displays how good the focus tracking is.

Bill.