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This is very much a grab shot and really pushed as the unprocessed version was almost just a silhouette, taken from the front/kitchen door, moments after I let the dog out!
150-600 @391mm, f/7.1, ISO 640, 1/800th, OM-1 Mark 1
It amazes me how much can be pulled out of the shadows when needed. I noticed some vertical banding in the out-of-focus areas, which I experienced when I had a cheaper protection filter on the front of my tele lens. I mention it in case you have a filter on the front of yours. I have 'exposure compensation' on my front dial so usually give that a twist when faced with this sort of back-lighting. Hoopoes do turn up in UK but as Ian say they are usually poor lost birds. With climate change, we may start to see more of them, as is already the case with several species of butterflies. One example is the Large Tortoiseshell butterfly, which has returned to the 'British List' after many years of being a rare vagrant.
It amazes me how much can be pulled out of the shadows when needed. I noticed some vertical banding in the out-of-focus areas, which I experienced when I had a cheaper protection filter on the front of my tele lens. I mention it in case you have a filter on the front of yours. I have 'exposure compensation' on my front dial so usually give that a twist when faced with this sort of back-lighting. Hoopoes do turn up in UK but as Ian say they are usually poor lost birds. With climate change, we may start to see more of them, as is already the case with several species of butterflies. One example is the Large Tortoiseshell butterfly, which has returned to the 'British List' after many years of being a rare vagrant.
Thanks Mike. I have re-edited the shot and added the new version to the original post at the top.
I hardly ever use protective filters and no filter was used here. The vertical banding was most likely because of over-sharpening and I have largely fixed that, I hope
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