Lesley Jones
Otherwise know as Zooey
We live in the middle of nowhere and are lucky with our wildlife. The little birds especially will come when called and I can get within a few feet of them. Quite handy as I only have the one lens 
Critique Welcomed Great Tit
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Pete Askew
Admin
What fabulous textures the moving wing has created. I love the way the begin to merge with the background. I like the composition very much too.
Lesley Jones
Otherwise know as Zooey
The great **** and robins are the best. We have (or had) photogenic badgers too. One I finally got to stroke before we lost him to old age the other year. I've just remembered... I can post colour in here. I'll dig out one of Scruffy soon.
Edited to say the forum seems to have objected to the name of a small, native bird!
Edited to say the forum seems to have objected to the name of a small, native bird!
Pete Askew
Admin
Shocking language from a newcomer to the forum!! 
I'm sure Hamish will be able to sort it out.
I'm sure Hamish will be able to sort it out.
Chris Dodkin
West Coast Correspondent
That is a beautify image Lesley - I love the timing and movement, and the post processing to B&W
The backdrop gives it a truly artistic feel with the mottled shadows
The backdrop gives it a truly artistic feel with the mottled shadows
Thomas brookes
RPF Chief iPhone app Reviewer
The wing span is so beautifully captured. What a brilliant shot.
Rob MacKillop
Edinburgh Correspondent
Wonderful shot!
Hamish Gill
Tech Support (and Marketing)
A very nice image indeed, the wing captured open like that and at the shutter speed is spot on!
My only comment would be on the rendering of the background out of focus area ...
To me it feels a little muddled ...
Obviously this is a limitation of the lens .. Or maybe the background it's self ...
What I would suggest - especially as you have only one lens ... Try shooting this shot or similar (with or without a bird) focus on the tree and take a photo at a few different apertures. You may find that f5 renders the background smoother (all be it more in focus) than f3.5 ... It might be the other way round?!?
Some lenses when shot wide open can make a background look more muddled even when more out of focus ... Somebody more clever can probably explain why ...
One way or another it's worth experimenting a bit I think ...
My only comment would be on the rendering of the background out of focus area ...
To me it feels a little muddled ...
Obviously this is a limitation of the lens .. Or maybe the background it's self ...
What I would suggest - especially as you have only one lens ... Try shooting this shot or similar (with or without a bird
) focus on the tree and take a photo at a few different apertures. You may find that f5 renders the background smoother (all be it more in focus) than f3.5 ... It might be the other way round?!?Some lenses when shot wide open can make a background look more muddled even when more out of focus ... Somebody more clever can probably explain why ...
One way or another it's worth experimenting a bit I think ...
Lesley Jones
Otherwise know as Zooey
Thanks for that Hamish! I get so little time to actually take photographs that I never thought of experimenting like that. Certainly the out of focus areas on my old and cheap Lubitel are truly horrendous. Those on the Leica are stunning. I had gone for shallow depth of field on this one, but never considered the quality of the blur. Time to get to know my camera a bit better
Paul Lange
Moderator
That image is right up my street Lesley. I think it is just wonderful and so different from usual wildlife images.
