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In-the-picture β€” Merlin II

Published: 2010-05-01 08:53:38 +0000 UTC; Views: 1534; Favourites: 108; Downloads: 0
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Description The UK's smallest bird of prey and probably my favourite

Merlin IUCN Red List Conservation status - Least Concern
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Comments: 10

FSGPhotography [2010-08-16 16:27:43 +0000 UTC]

Aw, so cute! It's so fluffy! ("Fluffy" isn't really the right word, but it'll do.)

This photograph itself is nice too. The focus is good, and I love how much detail you can see in the feathers. I like the colours - they're quite muted but it works.
The composition is great as well - there's just the right amount of space to the left of the bird - but I think you could crop a little bit off the right side. Not too much, but I think a slight crop would help to push the focus towards the eye.
Also, the full-view is really quite pixellated, which you might want to address.

Adorable photo'.

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In-the-picture In reply to FSGPhotography [2010-08-19 08:08:25 +0000 UTC]

Thanks much appreciated
I`m currently starting to go back and fine tune my older devs this was taken with my old FinePix S9600 since getting my canon I`m really not happy with the results it got though at the time I thought they were good, the backgrounds of all the ones I took with that are really noisy

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PondDreamer [2010-06-27 00:23:35 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful

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In-the-picture In reply to PondDreamer [2010-07-01 17:16:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks much appreciated

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PondDreamer In reply to In-the-picture [2010-07-02 15:33:34 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome

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Miss-A-sketches [2010-05-29 19:29:50 +0000 UTC]

Great shot! Very pretty bird!

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In-the-picture In reply to Miss-A-sketches [2010-06-06 04:32:22 +0000 UTC]

Thanks lots, I was pleased with this

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Miss-A-sketches In reply to In-the-picture [2010-06-06 20:34:49 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome!

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MP08SMP [2010-05-01 19:37:39 +0000 UTC]

Hi Dawn
I love him they are so beautiful, I agree one of the best

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In-the-picture In reply to MP08SMP [2010-06-06 04:32:56 +0000 UTC]

Thanks Merlins are my favourite bird - just gotta love them

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