OMG ....how did I get here

[Tigger]

well it landed next to me so so thought I'd snap the thing - handy having the 70-200 2.8 as it lost the background well

so its a pigeon ....I think

Just a birdie by Ian Theobald, on Flickr

and NO I'm not turning to the dark side, it was just in my way whilst pointing the lens

[Stan]

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blimey Ian, never seen anything that colour before = sure you have not been fiddling with the saturation etc

super detail

stan

[Dave61]

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OMG and Wow, love it Ian. Always thought you`d turn to the dark side Great shot too

[Swanny48]

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Nice capture Ian. Not sure if it's the Greater Rainbow Pigeon or the slightly smaller Lesser Rainbow Pigeon. They're very hard to tell apart without something to give a scale of it's size.

John

[the black fox]

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Not sure about the dark side ,but I do think it could be batting for the other team ,did it say give us a kiss sweety LOL

[ColytonJohn]

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I had to check the EXIF to see if you'd used your new 5DIV with its psychedelic mode turned up to 11 but you didn't so must conclude this is a straight shot. Puzzling

Oh, great shot by the way

Cheers,
John

[Columbarius]

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As Richard Wilson would say "I don't believe it!"

[digiman]

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and NO I'm not turning to the dark side, it was just in my way whilst pointing the lens

[Nathaniel]

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I am sure it is some sort of CA!!!!!

[antoeknee]

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I use to work for ICI and on the site we manufactured dyestuffs. Pigeons use to roost in the buildings and we had red, blue etc coloured ones. But nothing multicoloured like this.

[Tigger]

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glad you liked the image guys...NOW normal images will resume

[Swanny48]

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NOW normal images will resume

WHAT, you mean it's not real?

John

[Tigger]

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WHAT, you mean it's not real?

John

totally but back to proper photography now ..............OK Starts running

[rcarca]

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Looks like it has come off a Sony TV ad...

Don't know how you did it, but I like it very much!

[Tigger]

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Looks like it has come off a Sony TV ad...

Don't know how you did it, but I like it very much!

LOL yeah see what you mean Richard

as for how I did it, I was setting up a really nice long shot looking across Barcelona using a statue as the focus point - then this dam bird sat in front of me ....