Crow

By Paul Cecil | Published January 25, 2008

The crow seems to be my bird of the moment. Three shots in sequence from today.

Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens

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15 Comments

  1. phiznlil January 26, 2008 at 12:01 am #

    Amazing! They look like finely detailed paintings :eyes::up:

  2. gdare January 26, 2008 at 6:01 am #

    This one even look smart 😀

  3. Flying Red Fox Blog January 26, 2008 at 10:01 am #

    Yay i like the 2nd shot best, all the feathers are very detailed:D

  4. SittingFox January 26, 2008 at 10:01 am #

    Wonderful spread of tail feathers in the second shot! :up: 🙂

  5. Vulpes vulpes January 26, 2008 at 11:01 am #

    Seriously Words, when are you bringing out a wildlife book!? :up: Great shots!!

  6. Words January 26, 2008 at 10:01 pm #

    Phil, that's more or less how they came out of the camera. I did dial in a fair amount of exposure compensation (to try and get some detail against the sky), but apart from raising the levels a bit to pull up the detail, and very minor noise reduction/sharpening I didn't do much editing.

  7. Words January 26, 2008 at 10:01 pm #

    Thanks V. I doubt there's a book here, but it would be nice. 🙂

  8. Words January 26, 2008 at 10:01 pm #

    Mark, my favourite too, though I kind of like the way the tail comes forward in the third shot.

  9. Words January 26, 2008 at 10:01 pm #

    Darko, they can be very sleek when they want to be. Rooks are much scruffier 😉

  10. Words January 26, 2008 at 10:01 pm #

    Adele, another moment I only saw in the viewfinder. And thought, 'oh thank you crow!' 😀

  11. anonymous June 22, 2011 at 3:06 pm #

    Anonymous writes:

    if there would of been a 4th shot it would have been dumping

  12. Words June 22, 2011 at 10:06 pm #

    There was, and it wasn't!

  13. anonymous April 29, 2012 at 6:04 pm #

    Anonymous writes:

    Are you aware that your bird has been clipped to Polyvore? I know it brings people to your blog, but do you have a problem with people using your bird in their collages?
    http://www.polyvore.com/eye_storm/set?id=43494488

  14. Words May 1, 2012 at 11:05 pm #

    Anon, thanks for the link. If it's non-commercial then it's ok. Not really sure about what that site does, but I doubt anyone is getting rich on my dodgy crows.

  15. gdare May 2, 2012 at 3:05 am #

    Except that maybe crows will become celebrities 😛