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Western Tanager portrait
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Western Tanager portrait

by Neil Rossmiller

Gallery: AvianPosted May 26, 2010110 views4 comments
Shot in a light rain/snow shower.

Canon 50D Canon 400 2.8 w/1.4 ex 1/320 @ f8 iso 640

Thanks for looking.
Comments always welcome.
Neil

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by mark cillo on May 27, 2010 at 1:56 AM
Beautiful portrait! Love the colors :wavey:
Registered on July 27, 2008, 143 Posts, 1483 Comments
Comment posted by Charles Gangas on May 27, 2010 at 7:25 AM
Nice colors and pose, and I like the BG.
Registered on August 12, 2009, 544 Posts, 2414 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 27, 2010 at 9:52 AM
Beautiful detail, Neil. I'm not sure about the framing. I think you might want to play with the crop on this, though I'm not sure what would work best. To my eye, it comes across as if you accidentally cut off part of the bird rather than framing it as a purposeful portrait. I'd love to get that close to one of these birds. :toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Terry Sohl on May 27, 2010 at 11:15 PM
Cool! Neat to get so close. I too aren't sure about the composition. It's a tweener...not quite a portrait, not a whole bird. Not sure how you cropped it and if it can take a bigger crop, but I think I might at least try making this a vertical, and a bit tighter.

Not sure though!! Decisions, decisions.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 513 Posts, 6889 Comments