[nigelblake]

Heavy workload this week so I have just managed to edit some of the Scilly pix taken last weekend. This is the CCC on St Martin's, taken with EOS 20D with 600mm f4 IS, rested on a rolled up jacket on a drystone wall.
Another image in the gallery too....
http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/...cat/500/page/1

[Ben Dickinson]

Nice pic, poor bird, let it R.I.P...

[CJW]

Yuch.
Cropped too close.

[nigelblake]

Originally Posted by CJW

Yuch.
Too close.

Sadly this reaction is so typical of many who take a swipe at photographers at every possible opportunity, without any understanding of the methodology or equipment.
The image here is a cropped image and was taken with a 600mm lens on a camera body that has a 1.6X crop factor, (so, equivalent to a 960mm lens) it will not focus closer than 5.5 meters, (the bird itself was a good deal further away than that,10+ metres) which meant that I was standing further back than a good many of the birders that were there at the time.

Sadly the broad brush of tar gets wiped over all photographers, when generally it is 'birders who have cameras' as opposed to 'properly equiped for the task' photographers that are the real problem, (there are a couple of namable exceptions)

[CJW]

Nigel, read my edited post (edited before you replied).
The CCC is a beautiful bird and should be seen as a whole and not as in this gratuitous headshot.
You are an undoubtedly talented photographer and I generally enjoy your photographs.
However on this occasion, I think your sense of aesthetics is sadly lacking.
I don't need to be lectured about equipment.
I just don't like this photo.

[nigelblake]

If you read my reply you will note that the red box with your originally worded post is at the top, that was what I was responding to.
The aesthetics of any image are open to subjectivity, I have no problem whatsoever with you not liking the image on those grounds, we all have varied tastes, but the implication in the original message certainly appeared to an accusing one.

[CJW]

So we're agreed. It was a misunderstanding over the original post (my error, admittedly).

[Malcolm Fisher]

Originally Posted by nigelblake

Heavy workload this week so I have just managed to edit some of the Scilly pix taken last weekend. This is the CCC on St Martin's, taken with EOS 20D with 600mm f4 IS, rested on a rolled up jacket on a drystone wall.
Another image in the gallery too....
http://www.birdforum.net/pp_gallery/...cat/500/page/1

What a lovely bird! Ive never seen one before so thanks for posting the photo!

[GavinM]

I like the crop, the colour and the detail. It shows something of the bird's personality (birdonality?). Thanks for sharing.

[Kentbloke]

Nice pic Nigel - well done