Mountain Bluebird

Gallery: AvianPosted May 2, 2010120 views8 comments

Canon 7D, EF500mm, 1/640, f6.3, ISO 800, Handheld, almost 100% crop. Was chasing this guy down from tree to tree in a snow squall today in the Crowsnest Pass. My arms gave out before he did. I have been admiring Dan Harbour's Bluebird pics. I aspire to get as good as shots as his.

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Gary Gulash on May 2, 2010 at 11:24 PM

I like the straight forward composition including the diagonal perch. Nice catchlight and quite good detail. Some noise reduction or blur on the background could be considered.

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Comment posted by Peter Conway on May 2, 2010 at 11:51 PM

Dan, I think the bluebird is beautiful. Worth the chase! A little work on the BG to get rid of some of the odd highlights and the bright diagonal line in the lower left corner might make this even better.

Peter

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

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on May 3, 2010 at 12:22 AM

Dan, fine detail in the feathers, great pose, nice catchlight, and good BG.
I agree a bit of noise redution is in order.

Sandy r

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on May 3, 2010 at 7:09 AM

Nice even lighting and detail Dan. The bill almost looks crossed.

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Comment posted by Dan Sorochan on May 3, 2010 at 9:04 AM

Thanks for the comments. Quite a bit of noise reduction was already applied to this image. The original was very noisy due to the severe crop. After cropping the image was around 1100 pixels square, only 7% of FF.

Registered on March 2, 2010, 30 Posts, 54 Comments

Comment posted by denise ippolito on May 3, 2010 at 9:26 AM

Nice details and the large crop helped with the DOF. I like the pose and perch Might run some NR on BG and tone down some of the slight distractions. Well done HH the 500mm and the crop held up nicely.

Registered on December 17, 2009, 202 Posts, 1529 Comments

Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 3, 2010 at 11:31 AM

Nice Shot, Dan. The detail looks pretty good and it's a nice bg.

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on May 3, 2010 at 12:19 PM

Nice color and detail. Agree with the comments about the noise...not sure what you used for NR, but if you already ran it before pposting, might want to consider some different NR SW.

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