Bird & The Blossoms

nerwin · May 18, 2017

Yesterday I was out taking pictures of some apple blossoms on my property and while I was shooting, a bird landed in the tree!

Nikon D610 + 70-200 f/4 VR @ f/5.6, 1/500 & ISO 125

jcdeboever · May 18, 2017

Nice shot, love the inner framing of the frame. Good eye, well done.

annamaria · May 18, 2017

Nicely done

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nerwin · May 18, 2017

I thought it was a decent shot anyways. I don't have any control where the birds will land nor do I have a super tele lens to get real close.

I'm surprised how little likes and favorites it received on social media. I figured something like this would be right up their alley! I guess not lol.

I guess they like post-nuclear HDR images more...

Inklingforsake · May 19, 2017

I may be wrong here but it's my opinion - I think the background right behind the bird is light (so is the bird), so the bird is not standing out.

I get that we have no control over where animals and birds decide to halt... but to make it better, a closer crop may take our eyes directly to the bird? - just a thought

nerwin · May 19, 2017

Inklingforsake said:
I may be wrong here but it's my opinion - I think the background right behind the bird is light (so is the bird), so the bird is not standing out.

I get that we have no control over where animals and birds decide to halt... but to make it better, a closer crop may take our eyes directly to the bird? - just a thought

I would agree, but I've already cropped a lot. It would be a very low resolution. Not much I can do! Just didn't have the extra focal length.

ZombiesniperJr · May 19, 2017

Nice shot of a chipping sparrow

nerwin · May 19, 2017

ZombiesniperJr said:
Nice shot of a chipping sparrow

They're fast little buggers too!

Gary A. · May 19, 2017

This has a very nice, Springtime feel ... I like it.

kap55 · May 19, 2017

Nice photo.

I agree with Inklingforsake that the bird doesn't stand out quite enough - right now I see a photo of apple blossoms that happens to have a bird in it. If it wasn't for ZSJr I wouldn't know what it was.

Sounds like you have cropped as much as you are comfortable with. Your 70-200 is a very sharp lens - have you given any consideration to a 1.4TC for times you want to chase birds?

nerwin · May 19, 2017

kap55 said:
Nice photo.

I agree with Inklingforsake that the bird doesn't stand out quite enough - right now I see a photo of apple blossoms that happens to have a bird in it. If it wasn't for ZSJr I wouldn't know what it was.

Sounds like you have cropped as much as you are comfortable with. Your 70-200 is a very sharp lens - have you given any consideration to a 1.4TC for times you want to chase birds?

I have, but it probably wouldn't have made any difference because I wasn't taking pictures of birds but the blossoms rather and a bird just happened to land while I was shooting.

I know a 70-200 isn't much of a wildlife lens, I just can't really justify spending more money right now to get a longer tele that would sit in a bag weeks at a time so maybe getting a 1.4x or 1.7x TCs would be better than a say a 200-500 5.6, though, I'd love to own one!!

nerwin · May 19, 2017

Thought I'd share this for giggles.

kap55 · May 19, 2017

nerwin said:
Thought I'd share this for giggles.

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I really think you may want to try reducing the crop to include much more of the apple blossoms and leave the bird as something that just happens to be there, rather than being the subject of the photo. Might not work, but then it might...

nerwin · May 19, 2017

kap55 said:
nerwin said:

Thought I'd share this for giggles.

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I really think you may want to try reducing the crop to include much more of the apple blossoms and leave the bird as something that just happens to be there, rather than being the subject of the photo. Might not work, but then it might...