A few garden birds :)

Just trying a new set up in the garden. I'm not entirely happy I must admit - but here's a few from the other day, and poor light

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Not sure about the pigeon but the other 4 images are fantastic. 2&3 nice and sharp and well composed and 4&5 perfect DOF. Was the lens opened all the way up??

Great Tits - I find it's hard to expose these well due to the extreme white and black.

The cheeky dove makes for an interesting shot too.

The lens was open for all of them

I actually really liked the collared dove because it was a bit different What don't you like about it? (I'm not being in the least bit confrontational by the way, I'm just really interested to know what it is that other people don't like about a shot that I do like, and vice versa! )

I liked the space in it, and the bokeh, and the inclusion of the dandelion personally

Think my favourites are 4 and 5 though

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Yes Phil - I find that too - and that's why 5 looks a little flat to me I think - it was very hard exposing for them - not helped by the sky. I think in fact that is why I am not overly happy with my set up - I need it to not be so dark and light in the background - it's either really dark foliage or really bright sky - whereas my old spot was just a really nice even light green foliage.

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Not much wrong with the image of the Dove Laura but for me personally the 1st thing my eyes get drawn to is the grass although the image as a whole works well and it helps give the image depth

Thank you I can definitely see what you mean - the bird is a little lost in the shot.

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Your welcome
And you do not know whether something will work until you try it, no harm in doing so

Lovely series Laura, I find shots 3 and 4 the most pleasing, but they are all better than I could manage

I like the Dove shot. It seems to be poking its head up and saying, What? I didn't do anything

No4 is my fav of the tits.