Birdman (Dialup warning)

FreeAnd..

Saw this guy feeding the birds in Stephens Green over the weekend, had them all over him. It was a nice scene and he didnt mind a few photos being taken, ended up with quite a few people watching but it was a nice break from some of the other people in the park..there are more on my site or my flickr, any comments or feedback welcome as always..

Morlar

2 & 5 for the win. The third one they look like rats but the 2nd and 5th are great shots - timed very well.

latchiko

Nice work! The fifth shot is fantastic, the chaos of the birds is captured well. The second shot is great too, intersting perspective and the bird swooping in to land on the left leads the eye up nicely. Great stuff.

ThOnda

The last one is the winner for me. The whole set is fantastic.
I would like to know if you have the side view of the bench with the "birdman" focused and the birds in front a little unfocused.

elven

This is actually my favourite. Were you down on your knees to get that angle?

I love the motion in the wings, it really puts across the chaos of the crowd of birds scrambling for food.

Cabaal

Nice work, have to say I really like those shots, love number 2 and ther last one

After they attacked him did he get away ok? :-P

5uspect

I agree with Elven, thats an amazing shot.
Great work all round and an interesting subject.

FreeAnd..

Thanks everyone for the comments..

I would like to know if you have the side view of the bench with the "birdman" focused and the birds in front a little unfocused.

Possibly do, Im really not putting in the effort after I take the shots these days, I sort of mind numbingly rush through them without actually looking properly and its something I definitely need to sort out. My big fear is ending up with loads of unconverted raw files so I bang out whatever with a view to coming back. I have a good few more shots of this guy that I havent really looked at properly yet..

This is actually my favourite. Were you down on your knees to get that angle?

Thanks Julie, down on my knees and lower

After they attacked him did he get away ok? :-P

I think he survived..

Fajitas!

Two and five!!

Excellent!

Valentia

Great work. Love them all!

Tarakiwa

I really like number 5!

Great shot!

really like that las one there

abelard

I actually prefer the third one, I think there's a very eerie and chaotic quality to it.

isadub

I like #5 the best, although I can't decide whether #5 needs more or less vignetting?

I'd be interested in your post-processing for #5...

FreeAnd..

Thanks again everyone, its mad - the only one that I kind of like is the 4th one, the way the man and the bird are sharing a peaceful stare amongst the mild chaos..

As for the processing, just upped the blacks and contrast in LR and slide the saturation right down along with a little vignette..