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Mike G

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Woody
« on: January 23, 2020, 15:13:37 »
One of my two resident Wood Pigeons, seconds before there were two of them perched on the fence!
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Re: Woody
« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2020, 18:58:42 »
I would have opted for wider aperture :
# To get more light and thus a faster speed;
# Isolate the subject from the background.

In addition, you get the best resolution of a lens when you stop down 2 stops which would be f/2.8 for your 85mm.
So, I think you could blur more the brick whole, which is a little disturbing.

That said, your subject looks sharp, and the IBIS function probably helped a lot ! ;)
I guess you are happy with your 85mm ? :)
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Re: Woody
« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2020, 20:44:18 »

That said, your subject looks sharp, and the IBIS function probably helped a lot ! ;)
I guess you are happy with your 85mm ? :)
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Re: Woody
« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2020, 20:59:12 »
One of my two resident Wood Pigeons, seconds before there were two of them perched on the fence!
Z6 + Z Nikkor s 85mm @ 1/25 f5.6 ISO110, heavy crop and some big adjustments.

Some birds might make a mess on the fence, but, Woody wouldn't, would he?  ;)

 Nice shot, Mike!



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Re: Woody
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2020, 01:23:41 »
Nice shot Mike.

(Now Mike, if you trained Dave, he could catch the pigeons and he and you could share them for lunch.  Apparently they are very good eating - or is my suggestion not quite PC?  ;D )
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Re: Woody
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2020, 04:17:01 »


With that title, I was expecting a pecker and not a pigeon! :P

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Re: Woody
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2020, 08:40:58 »

With that title, I was expecting a pecker and not a pigeon! :P

An erected pecker, à la Mapplethorpe? ;D ;D ;D ;)

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Re: Woody
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2020, 13:38:32 »
The only Woodpeckers I’ve seen in my garden are Greater Spotted Woodpeckers.
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Re: Woody
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2020, 13:40:52 »
Nice shot Mike.

(Now Mike, if you trained Dave, he could catch the pigeons and he and you could share them for lunch.  Apparently they are very good eating - or is my suggestion not quite PC?  ;D )
Dave is proving very resistant to doing as he’s told, so the training is not going well!
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