Brown-crested Flycatcher

Gallery: AvianPosted October 22, 201078 views4 comments

This species is one of the myiarchus flycatcher family members. It was photographed at Birding Center in Port Aransas Texas in April 2010. Photo was taken in early morning.

Canon 7D, 100-400 mm lens, AV, f5.6, ISO 200, 1/60 w/ tripod.

Thanks for viewing this image. Comments & critique welcome and greatly appreciated.

Carlos Escamilla
Laredo Texas

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4 comments

Comment posted by Craig Strand on October 22, 2010 at 6:48 AM

I like the eye contact and head turn of this flycatcher. Excellent perch and BG as well. In the larger image he appears sharp but not tack sharp. Great light, good job!

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on October 22, 2010 at 11:24 PM

Nice bird and pose. The image is a little soft. Suspect that is related to the speed of 1/60. You probably could have increased your ISO quite a bit and come away with an even better image. I also am not sure what post-processing sharpening you use.

Add an email to your profile (then email me). Everything goes through NPN. I'll be happy to forward you a sharpening routine that was given to me by Ken Canning. It works really well and will stop the "a little soft comments"

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Comment posted by Mia McPherson on October 23, 2010 at 2:06 PM

Carlos

This is a species that has thus far alluded me, I hope I get more chances with them than I have had.

I like the pose of the flycatcher and the nice head turn.

The bird is soft though and I don't think any more sharpening will correct that softness. The bird isn't in focus. Part of that may be the slow shutter speed or the flycatcher may have moved slightly. If you shoot in aperture priority increasing the ISO in the field may have increased your shutter speed just enough to help with any movement. Also a +0.3 ev adjustment may have created a better exposure.

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Comment posted by Eric Diller on October 24, 2010 at 6:42 PM

Nice pose, perch and BG look nice.

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