Raven on edge

Gallery: AvianPosted June 30, 20112,274 views9 comments

I found lots of ravens on a southwest road trip, and this one posed on the edge of a cliff at the Goosenecks in southern Utah. The river and shadow below made for an interesting background, although I had to remove some specular highlights in the upper left. This also represents selective tweaking of brightness levels and a crop on right edge for ratio.

D3S, 200-400 @400, f11, 1/500, -0.7 ev spot, iso 1100.

C&C encouraged.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 30, 2011 at 12:20 PM

Wonderful detail of what I find a most difficult subject, black birds. You nailed it.

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Comment posted by Jim Hackley on June 30, 2011 at 1:17 PM

I really like the iridescent shine that brings out the feather detail and the background compliments the raven's color. It would of been nice to have not so bright of a foreground as my eye goes there first then up to check out the raven but you get the shot when you can,
excellent overall detail on the larger version.

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Comment posted by Ron Dudley on June 30, 2011 at 6:35 PM

It's very difficult to get this much detail in a raven and I think you've done a fine job of it here Lon. Usually there's at least some blocked up blacks but I don't see any of significance in this image. I especially like the background colors with this bird. Hope you had a fun and productive trip to my neck of the woods.

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Comment posted by Angela McCain on June 30, 2011 at 9:33 PM

Great image of this black bird. I like the upturned toes and bit of red on the beak.

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on June 30, 2011 at 10:57 PM

Very neat image, Lon. Excellent job on the exposure and I like the perch. The bird's inquisitive pose makes this special.

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on July 1, 2011 at 8:24 AM

I really like the way the light reflects off the Raven's feathers, the clarity you caught in the eye is wonderful as well, nicely done Lon :^)

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Comment posted by Kurt Bowman on July 1, 2011 at 12:26 PM

Very nice exposure on this one Lon! This is not an easy subject to photograph and not just because of the blacks....every time I point anything at a Raven, they take off. Smart little buggars..

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 17, 2011 at 12:11 PM

Excellent exposure, POV, and details Lon, really like that BG also.
I might prefer the bird looking up or towards the viewer, but this works fine too.
Besides, he has got to look where he's stepping

Well done

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Comment posted by Ashley Vincent on January 8, 2012 at 10:49 PM

Marvelous shot Lon, love the way the light falls on the subject as well as the way you caught one foot off the ground. Wishing you a wonderful year ahead :^)

Registered on March 1, 2011, 154 Posts, 2083 Comments