Evening Grosbeak+REPOST

Gallery: AvianPosted February 18, 2011129 views15 comments

Here's another Evening Grosbeak from the yard. I thought he gave me a nice head turn.

Your comments and critiques are appreciated.

Canon 7D, 500mm + 1.4xTC, couch-pod out the open window.

f/8, 1/800, ISO 400

Crop to 84% (15.1 of 18MP)

EDIT: just realized I've got some color and noise issues in the left bg--think this is due to applying the shadow tool to the whole image rather than masking out the bg.

Comments

15 comments

Comment posted by Clayton Musgrove on February 18, 2011 at 6:14 PM

Great Job Brian. The exposure looks very good.

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Comment posted by Michael Twaddell on February 18, 2011 at 6:18 PM

That is a beautiful image. Nice to have so much feather detail, and I really like the eye contact.

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Comment posted by Nancy Lea Sandy on February 18, 2011 at 6:35 PM

This is great, Brian. He did, indeed pose very nicely for you. Details are excellent. Nicely done

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on February 18, 2011 at 6:38 PM

I agree, you did get a nice head turn Brian. Sharpness and detail look good and I like the curving lines of the perch fading to OOF as they go up. Some of the whites look a little bright to my eye.

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Comment posted by Marc Dubuc on February 18, 2011 at 6:48 PM

Nice picture! I like the details on the feathers. Nice head turn!

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Comment posted by Brian Gatlin on February 18, 2011 at 7:08 PM

here's a repost with the left bg masked out before using shadow/highlight.

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Comment posted by Craig Strand on February 18, 2011 at 7:21 PM

Excellent capture Brian, your DOF choice is great wonderful detail as best seen in the larger view. I love the branch perch and how it turns upward and OOF. The branch colors are very compimentary to the grosbeaks markings and colors. Well done!

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on February 18, 2011 at 8:12 PM

Lovely shot, Brian. Colors, pose and most especially detail are generally great. Detail in the whites is the main question. The whites are not blown and they do show a little detail. However, as Ron mentioned, they do give the impression of being quite bright. Maybe that's just the way this bird is colored or, more likely, the light angle and intensity just doesn't let you see more contrasting areas (i.e. more detail) in the whites. Regarding the repost, I scrolled up and down several times and I just can't distinguish the repost from the original. Maybe it would be more evident when you have the originals in front of you. All of these are nits of course. Great shot.

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Comment posted by Richard Ditch on February 18, 2011 at 8:49 PM

Very nice. I miss having this species as a backyard bird.

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Comment posted by keith mitchell on February 19, 2011 at 4:43 AM

Hello Brian.
It's a really beautiful bird very well captured,i think the repost is a better image the detail and the sharpness really stand out on my monitor.Excellent work.
Keith.

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Comment posted by Ron Bielefeld on February 19, 2011 at 8:39 AM

Nice shot Brian. Exposure looks good to me in the repost. Whites need to be white and I see detail in the whites so they work for me. These are cool birds and I like the habitat and sharpness.

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Comment posted by Charlie VanTassel on February 19, 2011 at 9:10 AM

A beauty, Ron. Send 'em this way...okay?

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Comment posted by Geoffrey Baker on February 19, 2011 at 7:01 PM

What a lovely bird

Well captured.

Geoff.

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Comment posted by Douglas Graham on February 19, 2011 at 7:39 PM

Nice image Brian great techs and the color of light is wonderful. I wish they could get a handle on way this species is declining so rapidly. They would fill the trees when I was a kid and now I only see them here on the forum.

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Comment posted by Rob Drummond on February 20, 2011 at 5:17 AM

Great detail in the larger image Brian. Nice little head turn.

cheers
Rob

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