Woodpigeon

Paul Iddon

Continuing my series of the most incredibly common birds of Preston....

Here is a woodpigeon. Handheld on the 150-500.


Exif: ISO 500, f/6.3, 1/250sec





Paul.

Stumblebum

Paul, what is your lens? On other thread you mentioned 100-500. Can you give details?

The clarity is there, but bokeh leaves something to be desired, and hurting overall quality of your pictures. JMO.

Paul Iddon

It is the Sigma 150-500 on a 70D.

The lens is limited to f/6.5 at the long end which stops that bokeh looking as good.

Paul.

Stumblebum

Paul Iddon wrote: »

It is the Sigma 150-500 on a 70D.

The lens is limited to f/6.5 at the long end which stops that bokeh looking as good.

Paul.

Got it. The picture you posted of bird sitting on a bin or something was great because it had clear background. Perhaps thats the trick for now! Surprising how sharp the lens is though!

puzzledpaul

Nowt wrong (in my books) with 'incredibly common' birds, Paul ... it's all about how you go about interpreting what you see (in a different manner?), surely?

As regards pigeons ... yep, maybe a right pain / pest ... but if they were a rare / endangered species, people'd be raving about their plumage or something, no doubt ...

This was taken in a London park just after Xmas.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/pppix/_X1C0042_720_zpsb8a62f9a.jpg

Stumblebum wrote: »

Got it. The picture you posted of bird sitting on a bin or something was great because it had clear background. Perhaps thats the trick for now! Surprising how sharp the lens is though!

Yep - not necessarily a 'clear' background - like the std featureless 'blue sky' shot - but something that provides a bit of texture that renders in a pleasing manner, As such, high contrast, high frequency 'spotty' bgs rarely render well imo.

Looking for scenarios / vegetation (in hopefully target rich environments ) that will render in such a manner is down to the 'tog ... nowt to do with luck.

Also have to take into account lens used and relative distances (tog > subject v subject > bg)

pp

Stumblebum

puzzledpaul wrote: »

This was taken in a London park just after Xmas.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v492/pppix/_X1C0042_720_zpsb8a62f9a.jpg


pp

Love at first sight! That is one incredible shot! It could be a poster! You should post this here!

Paul Iddon

Thanks peeps for the thoughts and comments


Paul.

Joojoobirds

Awesome shot! My lens often gets very similar bokeh, so this was a good thread for me.
Also, that is one COLD looking bird, all fluffed up!

Paul Iddon

Joojoobirds wrote: »

Awesome shot! My lens often gets very similar bokeh, so this was a good thread for me.
Also, that is one COLD looking bird, all fluffed up!

Thanks Jenn - I suppose the bokeh could be improved in PS at a push if needed.

I'm liking the lens. Glad it's helping (this thread) you too.

Paul.