Curious

Gallery: AvianPosted April 27, 2010299 views23 comments

Oriole at Baylands, Palo Alto
D300s
500mm
1/2000 sec, f/4
Mode: Av
Metering: Multi-segment
ISO: 320
White balance: Auto
Flash: Off

Comments

23 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on April 27, 2010 at 3:32 PM

Well done, Sandy. I can't really see the detail in this image, but the comp, WB and color are spot on.

Registered on July 24, 2006, 2741 Posts, 12349 Comments

Comment posted by Daniel & Loana on April 27, 2010 at 4:20 PM

Very nice. The pose and the perch are wonderful.
Perfect colours

D&L

Registered on October 7, 2008, 166 Posts, 3044 Comments

Comment posted by David Chauvin on April 27, 2010 at 6:12 PM

The comp and pose are really nice.

Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments

Comment posted by Hans Spiecker on April 27, 2010 at 7:01 PM

Nice bird and presentation, Sandy

Registered on March 23, 2006, 366 Posts, 4649 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on April 27, 2010 at 7:18 PM

Interesting composition on this Bullock's Oriole. I'd like to see more detail in the cheek and other yellow plumage - can you get more with an exposure reduction in raw conversion?

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1031 Posts, 12705 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on April 27, 2010 at 11:28 PM

Sweet composition, Sandy. Great eye.

Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments

Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on April 28, 2010 at 12:24 AM

Super comp of this Bullock's, Sandy, but I agree with the others that a bit more detail in the bird, especially the face, would make it better still. Maybe using the Shadow/Highlights tool on Yellow? Or Richard's idea of trying to recover detail on the conversion from RAW?

Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments

Comment posted by Peter Conway on April 28, 2010 at 12:28 AM

I think the comp is over the top great! Agree that a little more detail in the bird would be a plus.

Peter

Registered on June 25, 2007, 347 Posts, 3913 Comments

Comment posted by Vincent Grafhorst on April 28, 2010 at 1:04 AM

This is very nice Sandy! That fanned out palm leaf creates a perfect compositional balance. Excellent work.

Registered on February 24, 2006, 504 Posts, 7203 Comments

Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on April 28, 2010 at 1:14 AM

Love the comp on this shot Sandy! I also love the clean BG and the colors. I can't comment on the details....my eyes are tired and hard to tell this late without a laarge shot to look at.....lol

Registered on June 19, 2008, 1005 Posts, 8028 Comments

Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 28, 2010 at 2:33 AM

Sandy! This is just a super comp. Great timing on your shutter release. Looks a little noisy to me... what's with that on a D300s??

Registered on August 16, 2006, 603 Posts, 9192 Comments

Comment posted by Rob Drummond on April 28, 2010 at 7:10 AM

Love it Sandy - great perch, composition and pose

cheers
Rob

Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments

Comment posted by Douglas Graham on April 28, 2010 at 8:19 AM

Sandy love this for many reasons. Well done.

Registered on May 14, 2009, 123 Posts, 522 Comments

Comment posted by Ajit Huilgol on April 28, 2010 at 9:03 AM

Just perfect, Sandy! I like the position of the bird, and the radiating fronds of the plant to the right.

Registered on December 19, 2008, 302 Posts, 2055 Comments

Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on April 28, 2010 at 9:09 AM

beautiful comp and perch, Sandy. very attractive shot. hard for me to assess detail at this size.

Registered on March 21, 2009, 202 Posts, 4187 Comments

Comment posted by Jagdeep Rajput on April 28, 2010 at 9:23 AM

A wonderful pose n terrific perch !
Jagdeep Rajput

Registered on April 29, 2008, 686 Posts, 2857 Comments

Comment posted by Dan Walters on April 28, 2010 at 9:42 AM

Great color and the perch really adds some interest to the image.

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Comment posted by Nick Saunders on April 28, 2010 at 10:21 AM

Wow, that's some perch he's on sandy. I like your comp here.

Registered on February 6, 2008, 321 Posts, 3035 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on April 28, 2010 at 4:41 PM

Great comp and a great looking bird Sandy. I agree with others about the lack of detail in the orange areas of the face and the whites on the shoulder. A larger version would really help to decern what could be done to get some of the detail back. I have found that most of the time reducing the exposure in the RAW converter is the best way to recover highlight areas.

Registered on December 6, 2008, 360 Posts, 7132 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on April 28, 2010 at 8:53 PM

Unusual Sandy and really neat. I like the precarious perch and the way the oriole has grasped some of the palm leaves and pulled them together. I'd do my tweaking in RAW also, to recover some of the highlight details. I hate to be a stick in the mud but there's a broad halo around the entire bird and perch.

Registered on March 30, 2007, 437 Posts, 10915 Comments

Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on April 29, 2010 at 8:47 PM

Great colors Sandy great detail too

Registered on June 30, 2009, 300 Posts, 5051 Comments

Comment posted by Greg Cope on April 29, 2010 at 10:05 PM

This is great Sandy! I see those Orioles at Baylands annually and I've yet to get a shot even close to this one.

Registered on January 22, 2007, 212 Posts, 2737 Comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 29, 2010 at 10:12 PM

Hi, Greg - I'm pretty sure the orioles have a nest in that big fan palm (above) that is to the immediate right of that Egret we saw by the duck Pond. They should be going in and out of the tree with things to feed the chicks soon.
Any baby stilts hatched yet?

Sandy

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