Pyrrulhoxia

Gallery: AvianPosted September 21, 2010134 views8 comments

This is my first post on NPN. This is a Pyrruloxia photographed at Falcon State Park in Zapata, Texas in early 2009. They are residents and are commonly seen out in the brush.

Photo taken with:

Canon 7D, 100-400 mm lens, ISO 100, 1/500, Aperture priority

Hope to share more images and learn & improve photo skills through your comments and critique

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on September 21, 2010 at 2:45 PM

Welcome!
THis is a nice first post!
The bird has a good pose, bright eye, and fine detail.
Ideally, you could have gotten all the tail in, and with PS could dampen the bright areas of the BG, which detract a little.
Looking forward to more of your images!

Sandy r

Registered on November 24, 2003, 3937 Posts, 12909 Comments

Comment posted by Richard Ditch on September 21, 2010 at 6:18 PM

A nice image for your first post. I'd love to get one of the AZ Pyrrhuloxias to pose for me this well.

Jim: the reason this bird reminds you of the Northern Cardinal is because this bird is a cardinal - check the scientific names of both species in your field guide to see that Northern Cardinal is Cardinalis cardinalis while the Pyrrhuloxia is Cardinalis sinuatus, a very close relative.

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

Comment posted by Angela McCain on September 21, 2010 at 10:51 PM

Welcome. Nice image of this colorful and interesting bird. Wish you could have included all the tail.

Registered on April 19, 2009, 367 Posts, 3589 Comments

Comment posted by Ron Dudley on September 22, 2010 at 8:06 AM

Welcome to NPN Carlos! I think you've done very well here, especially for a first post. Sharpness and colors look good and I like the pose. However I think the cut off tail is unfortunate.

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

Comment posted by Nate Chappell on September 22, 2010 at 12:38 PM

Welcome Carlos, I agree with the others a fine first post that would be even better with the whole tail included. What F-stop did you shoot this at? It's good to include that as well. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work.

Registered on February 1, 2006, 1158 Posts, 19528 Comments

Comment posted by Sally King on September 22, 2010 at 2:44 PM

One of my favorite birds that I have only seen a few times. Nice details, good pose to show off the beak, too bad about the cut-off tail but still a very good image IMO.

Registered on December 2, 2008, 416 Posts, 4450 Comments

Comment posted by Mia McPherson on September 23, 2010 at 8:06 PM

Carlos,

Welcome to NPN's avian critique gallery, you will learn a lot from the talented photographers here. You will also find that you will learn as much from giving thoughtful critiques as you will getting them, so I hope you jump in and comment. Love the pose, the natural colors, view of the bill and look at the eye. It is unfortunate that the tail was cut off, this would have been much stronger with the tail.

Looking forward to seeing more of your work

Registered on June 25, 2007, 491 Posts, 12566 Comments

Comment posted by Jim Hackley on September 24, 2010 at 3:13 AM

Welcome to NPN. A wondeful place to learn and get good feedback on your images. I like the pose and would love to be able to get this close to one of these, great job.

Registered on September 17, 2009, 302 Posts, 5535 Comments