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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Akira on October 13, 2015, 11:06:39

Title: A sun-bathing pigeon
Post by: Akira on October 13, 2015, 11:06:39
A calm day.  I found a pigeon bathing the sun, unalarmed.

Olympus E-M5 MkII, Nikkor-Q P C 200/4.0.  The image was cropped to around 1/9 (area ratio).
Title: Re: A sun-bathing pigeon
Post by: Bjørn Rørslett on October 13, 2015, 11:55:46
Surprisingly crisp considering the age of the lens and the crop.

Did you shoot with the lens stopped far down?
Title: Re: A sun-bathing pigeon
Post by: Akira on October 13, 2015, 12:05:54
Quote from: Bjørn Rørslett on October 13, 2015, 11:55:46
Surprisingly crisp considering the age of the lens and the crop.

Did you shoot with the lens stopped far down?

The lens was stopped down to 5.6 or 8.0 (possibly 8.0).  Of course, I applied some sharpening in Photoshop.
Title: Re: A sun-bathing pigeon
Post by: Mike G on October 13, 2015, 14:21:49
The pigeon is probably sunbathing and using the UV light to help getting rid of parasites!
Title: Re: A sun-bathing pigeon
Post by: Akira on October 13, 2015, 15:49:24
Quote from: Mike G on October 13, 2015, 14:21:49
The pigeon is probably sunbathing and using the UV light to help getting rid of parasites!

Possibly.

I also wonder if the pigeon is aware that the pattern and the color of the wings would work as protecting color on this particular ground.