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Posted by bbart on Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:26 pm

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Dark-Eyed Junco ©Blake Bartsch
My backyard,Reston, VA

Hi Everyone.I've been enjoying the terrific images on this website and would like to show a few of mine.I just started using digital cameras and hope my first photo is fairly decent.

Nikon D1 SLR.Nikon 300mm AF-S F4 lens.Matrix metering, 1/125@5.6, Exposure compensation at - 1/3, ISO 400 ,Manual fill flash SB-25,slight crop, blind.

Any comments or critiques are welcome.Thanks for looking.

Blake

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by Sandy Mossberg on Wed Mar 31, 2004 6:52 pm

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An excellent image, Blake. The bird is sharp and well-posed, the background is ideal, and the diagonal perch works well. Perhaps the composition would be slightly improved if you cropped a bit from the left. A fine first (or any) post.

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by Jerry Merrell on Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:03 pm

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Blake, this is very nicely done. I agree with Sandy about cropping slightly from the left. Congratulations.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:10 pm

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Welcome aboard, very nice Junco post.

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by Doug Freimark on Wed Mar 31, 2004 7:16 pm

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A sharp, well exposed, fine shot. I agree with the crop suggestions. Congrats Blake.

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by Dennis Olivero on Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:10 pm

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Welcome Blake, off to a great start!

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by Bill Whala on Wed Mar 31, 2004 8:51 pm

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Welcome to NatureScapes, Blake!! This is a wonderful shot. I agree that a slight crop off the left and an equal amount off the top to retain 35mm proportions.

Keep 'em coming.

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by AForns on Wed Mar 31, 2004 9:52 pm

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Welcome to NatureScapes Blake Great first post

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by bbart on Thu Apr 01, 2004 1:54 am

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My thanks to all comments and suggestions. I look forward to posting more of my digital capture work.

Blake

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by Harvey Edelman on Thu Apr 01, 2004 7:08 am

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Welcome to NSN and an excellent initial image.

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by Michael Brown on Thu Apr 01, 2004 8:43 am

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Fabulous first post to this forum Blake, and welcome to NSN!

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by AlexC on Thu Apr 01, 2004 3:24 pm

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Wonderful first post, keep them coming!!
Congrats!!

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by Juli Wilcox on Sat Apr 03, 2004 1:13 am

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Welcome to NSN! A terrific first post, that's for sure. I don't thing juncoes are too easy to get even though there may be several around at a time. Lovely BG colors, too!

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