Playing with Your Food

soup

these guys dont set a good example if you dont like folks playing with their food... both these taken accidentally at ISO 1600 - used a lab color mode adjustment to remove, and tone down the noise quite a bit.

soup

and more toward ground level

wxwax

First, I'm surprised there isn't more noise in the first one, at 1600.

Second, I think that first shot is hilarious. It looks like the pecker bent his beak trying to poke a hole in a metal pole.

soup

i fixed the noise in the 1st one, and the 2nd one...

couple at iso 100


from today

soup

and

GREAPER

NIce Chickadee,

I ussually try to get a catch light in their eyes as it makes them look more "alive".

You have a light in his/her eye but it doesn't show much. I suggest burning that catch light in a bit.

Just an opinion

Example:

soup

yeah - its friday - and i edited over a beer or too...

thanks for looking - good weekend to you all

soup

i think the glint you burned in is actually below, and behind the actual eye
their eyes are jet black too so if the light isn't just right it doesnt glint.

the best place i could find for the feeders, and be able to shoot from indoors happens to be in line with the rising sun, slightly to the right of the railings.

thats makes it even harder to get the exposure correct, and the bird has to be facing to the right to get the sun in it's eyes

hopefully there will be some other breeds of birds around when it gets a bit warmer. now is a good time to set out feeders as much of the winter food stuffs have been used up. ( in cold climate anyhow )

GREAPER

You mat be right but it sure looked like where his eye should be

soup

i guess so - noticed the eyes are bigger than i thought