Redwing

[Sindri Skulason]

Hi all

Here are a couple of Redwing shots. I must say that this Redwing was a wonderful model and posed like true a professional. :lol:
Please feel free to comment (C&C). :)

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http://farm1.static.flickr.com/167/454472504_270bb74da0_o.jpg

[Billginthekeys]

nice shots sindri. althoguh they look a little too overproccessed to me. mabye its just me though.

[village idiot]

I think they're great! You've got a knack for bringing out the best in your subjects, Sindri. I wish I could post one shot as sharp and well composed as any of yours. (Plus, you have some interesting species up there to show off...)

[hTr]

Nice shots Sindri

Very nice Shot!!! I've corrected my review

[guitarman3]

While I respect others' opinions, my thoughts are that these are extraordinary!

[Stephen Stephen]

Beautiful shots here Sindri. The details and bokeh are great!

[downywp]

Very beautiful images, I really like the nice light, smooth b/g, colors, perch, the poses couldn't be better!:)

[bromm]

Some of that softness may be the feather type of that bird, not sure, but look at the beak and eye on both pics, SHARP. Very nicely done Sindri.

[hTr]

Some of that softness may be the feather type of that bird, not sure, but look at the beak and eye on both pics, SHARP. Very nicely done Sindri.

You know Trevor the more I look at it I think you are correct because the leg and feet detail are right on. Sorry Sindri my error I think it is the softness of the feathers of this bird.

[canonloader]

Great shots Sindri. These look a lot different from our Redwing Blackbirds. :)

[pttenn]

I thought it was going to be a rrbb also, surprised me. What a cute bird and terrific pictures.
Karen

[Billginthekeys]

Great shots Sindri. These look a lot different from our Redwing Blackbirds. :)

I thought it was going to be a rrbb also, surprised me. What a cute bird and terrific pictures.
Karen

i could be mistaken but i believe these are females. the males are the a-typical black with red spots which give the specie its name.

[dancad]

These are exceptional shots Sindri...but correct me if I'm wrong but they give me the impression that noise reduction software was used on them here. If so you could selectively use it on BG only. If none used , I'll apologize in advance and attribute the look to the bird's feather type!:D

[Reyno]

Excellent and cute captures Sindri.

[cfcRebel]

Superb captures of a bird that i have not seen or heard of until now. Looks similar to the our Thrush. Perhaps from the same family? Regardless, these are wonderful photos. I would love to have something close to these one day.

[dancinec]

Beautiful shot Sindri, females are difficult to find in the open.

[cannylad]

Well captured Sindri.

[Katzer1]

i agree with above comments, those are wonderfull pictures.
Sindri: what f-stop/shutter speed/focal length did you use for them?

[peat]

great photos as usual sindri. you need to stop putting great photos up or you will make me spend more money to visit Iceland! :D

[Airedale1]

Great captures Sindri. The bokeh in the 1st image is very beautiful.

[snowyowl13]

Very nice!

[Adi7r]

Lovely shots Sindri, you must have trained them to sit there.

[snappa]

Excellent shots again Sindri. I have still to see, let alone capture, one of these lovely birds.

[jpalmer]

lovely shots sindri how did you get so close because these dont normaly go to food left out although i have nown them to like apple i love the pose as with a lot of my own work
up close and personnel works for me.
many thanks

[pknight]

Wonderful. These kind of shots make me want to hop a plane to other parts of the world to get a chance at birds we will never see here.

[philc123]

Both stunning shots Sindri, Spot on!:)

[eccles]

I agree on the comments that noise reduction processing looks as if it's knocked out feather detail a little. Nevertheless they're still very nice pictures.
Redwings, as suggested, are a member of the thrush family, and are winter visitors to the UK, sometimes turning up in quite large numbers accompanied by fieldfares. I don't see as many of either species lately though. Are they still common in Iceland, Sindri?

[Sindri Skulason]

Thank you Billy, village idiot, Gary, Dennis, Stephen, downywp, Trevor, Mitch, Karen, Daniel, Reyno, Fee, Dennis, Cannylad, Erez, Pete, Paul, Dan, Adi7r, Snappa, jpalmer, pknight, Phil and eccles for taking the time to comment. I really value your input.

nice shots sindri. althoguh they look a little too overproccessed to me. mabye its just me though.
Since I am always trying to better myself I would be thankful if you could explain in what way you think they are overprocessed.

Some of that softness may be the feather type of that bird, not sure, but look at the beak and eye on both pics, SHARP. Very nicely done Sindri.
Well, thats what I like to think since these are actually my sharpest shots of the Redwings so far. ;-)

i could be mistaken but i believe these are females. the males are the a-typical black with red spots which give the specie its name.
Actually this is not the same species. The Redwings are rather common in N-Europe. The male and female look identical so I at least can't tell them appart.

These are exceptional shots Sindri...but correct me if I'm wrong but they give me the impression that noise reduction software was used on them here. If so you could selectively use it on BG only. If none used , I'll apologize in advance and attribute the look to the bird's feather type!
Thank you. :-) Well, I do often use Noise Ninja if needed but that is not the case here. These were taken handheld so maybe I'm just getting old... ;-) ...but as I said before these are my sharpest shots of the Redwings so far and I must say that I am very happy with them. ;-)

Superb captures of a bird that i have not seen or heard of until now. Looks similar to the our Thrush. Perhaps from the same family? Regardless, these are wonderful photos. I would love to have something close to these one day.
Thank you Fee. Yes, they belong to the same family of birds. :-)


i agree with above comments, those are wonderfull pictures.
Sindri: what f-stop/shutter speed/focal length did you use for them?
Exif for the first shot is 1/640s at f9, 500mm, ISO 400
Exif for the second shot is 1/400s at f/7.1, 500mm, ISO 400

lovely shots sindri how did you get so close because these dont normaly go to food left out although i have nown them to like apple i love the pose as with a lot of my own work
up close and personnel works for me.
many thanks
These were taken out in the wild (it's sitting on an old fence post). The Redwing landed on the post very close to me, stared at me for a while and then started to pose. :-)

I agree on the comments that noise reduction processing looks as if it's knocked out feather detail a little. Nevertheless they're still very nice pictures.
Redwings, as suggested, are a member of the thrush family, and are winter visitors to the UK, sometimes turning up in quite large numbers accompanied by fieldfares. I don't see as many of either species lately though. Are they still common in Iceland, Sindri?
Yes, they are very common here in Iceland. :-)

[joayne]

Wonderful Model! Beautiful shots Sindri

[Billginthekeys]

Since I am always trying to better myself I would be thankful if you could explain in what way you think they are overprocessed.

i dont know. something about when i look at the post hes standing on, it just looks a little plasticy. not sure


Actually this is not the same species. The Redwings are rather common in N-Europe. The male and female look identical so I at least can't tell them appart.

thats cool. our female red wing blackbirds do look similar to that so i was just curious.

[morehtml]

Very nice shots as usual!

[snowyowl13]

When I look at #1, I see that the beak and eye are sharp an that the legs and feet are sharp, so is the post that it's sittin on ( a little softness on the back part of the post). I think that the softness of the breast area is strictly the feather texture. I've noticed the same effect on many bird pictures. To me it's an excellent shot that I would have been delighted to have taken.
I think that the same things are true of the second picture, perhaps even more so.