Be gentle with me on this one as I did the unthinkable... This little fella was looking for his first bug under the melting snow... so when I saw him through the double glazing, I thought give it a go.
No sign that this was behind glass so well done for that. Difficult lightening, too, with the blackbird(??) being almost backlit so nigh impossible to make any more of its details. I really feel for our wildlife asthe snows keep coming; thousands of sheep have been buried, I believe, with the inevitable loss of life in many cases; very sad.
George
[Mar 30, 2013 at 08:50 PM]
Nice try Mark and considering, as Alan says He is backlit, not much visible detail, some tho', it is still an engaging shot. I love these birds, argumentative with great characters so well done for getting this shot. I hope he was lucky and found something
JOHN
[Mar 30, 2013 at 09:24 PM]
As said a good effort especially considering it's through glass, well done.
Mart
[Mar 31, 2013 at 06:58 AM]
Hi Mark, noted and agree with the comments above - nice effort
Mazda_Man
[Mar 31, 2013 at 10:02 AM]
A nice shot being taken quickly whilst the bird was with you, having had more time I guess you would have dialled in +1 exposure compensation, which would have helped enormously.
I hope the blackbird found something decent to eat.
Silversnapper
[Mar 31, 2013 at 10:47 AM]
A very difficult subject Mark but you done a very good job with it imho and I luv the granular effect of the melting snow. As a matter of interest, how did you do the HDR? Did you shoot in RAW and produce several different exposures or was it done from a Jpeg original?
mpfenton
[Mar 31, 2013 at 05:56 PM]
Shot in RAW and Picasa 3 has a superb HDR-ish adjustment tool with radius, strength and fade adjustment.
Silversnapper
[Mar 31, 2013 at 07:48 PM]
Thanks for the info Mark.
Photojunkie
[Mar 31, 2013 at 11:24 PM]
Hi Mark, and Welcome - 'gasp' ! You took this through double glazing !! Wow - whenever I do it there are like multiple reflections. Well Done!
mpfenton
[Mar 31, 2013 at 11:30 PM]
Thanks... I was quite happy with it as i hadn't cleaned the windows either lol
I hope the blackbird found something decent to eat.