Backlit Tit

Gallery: AvianPosted December 9, 2011153 views10 comments

Blue Tit in Yew
Through Kitchen window
D7000 Sigma 50-500mm 800 ISO
125th @f7 70n % of full frame.
Levels Paint Shop Pro
Spot metering.
Cheers
JohnR

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on December 9, 2011 at 8:44 PM

Love the setting John. Nice light and head turn. A very pleasing image.

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Comment posted by Harry Harris on December 9, 2011 at 8:49 PM

John, Looks like a beautiful Christmas Tree ornament. You have a wonderful composition and have handled the side lit conditions very well.

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Comment posted by John Robinson on December 9, 2011 at 8:54 PM

Wow
Going on fron Ron's comment.I put this on the UKNP forum. It has had 67 views and 2 comments ! Are you telling me that 65 people either found it perfect

or just could not be bothered to say anything. ?
Strange.

Thanks anyway.

JohnR

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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on December 9, 2011 at 10:03 PM

Cool rim lighting and a neat profile with good habitat

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on December 9, 2011 at 11:14 PM

Beautiful job John taking and processing a backlit subject. I love the detail and colors.

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Comment posted by Mark Schiebelbein on December 10, 2011 at 12:00 AM

You sure made the best of a difficult lighting situation. Feather detail is very good and the bird nicely framed by the foliage. Not sure why but the eye does not look quite right to me. A very pretty image though.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on December 10, 2011 at 9:27 AM

Interesting sidelight, great details..Love the setting here too John

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Comment posted by John Robinson on December 10, 2011 at 2:55 PM

Thanks all - appreciated

Mark
I think its because the light is coming towards the camera top right and the bush is infront of the house wall which is pure white , so there is some reflected light back onto the bird. If you look closely you can see the house roof and chimney in the birds eye !
Cheers
JohnR

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on December 10, 2011 at 4:54 PM

John, I like this lighting and the framing of the bird by the yew.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on December 12, 2011 at 3:44 PM

Nice job on the back lighting and overall composition, well seen and well done.

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