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Red Bishop
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Red Bishop

by Neal Cooper

Gallery: AvianPosted August 7, 201185 views6 comments
The Red Bishops are just coming into their breeding plumage here in South Africa. Little balls off red bobbing in-between the reeds.

Camera Model Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
Shooting Mode Manual Exposure
Tv( Shutter Speed ) 1/500
Av( Aperture Value ) 7.1
Metering Mode Partial Metering
ISO Speed 200
Lens EF500mm f/4L IS USM
Focal Length 500.0mm
White Balance Mode Auto
AF Mode AI Servo AF

Comments

6 comments
Comment posted by David Hemmings on August 7, 2011 at 10:06 AM
Very nice capture of this rather colorful and good looking species :cool:
Registered on May 26, 2006, 178 Posts, 1680 Comments
Comment posted by Rajan Desai on August 7, 2011 at 2:00 PM
What a beautiful looking bird. Love the eye contact and background that provide hint of the habitat. It may be my monitor, but looks little bright to me. I may be tempted to tone it down just a bit.
Registered on March 25, 2005, 32 Posts, 395 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on August 7, 2011 at 3:19 PM
Well taken! Very pretty bird, nice a sharp. I like the BG, but wonder if you have considered cropping or cloning out some of the foliage above the bird? The section hanging down to me does distract just a bit. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments
Comment posted by Dennis Plank on August 7, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Incredible color, Neal. It looks like you're right on the edge of saturation-well done.
:toast:
Registered on January 28, 2008, 1767 Posts, 23192 Comments
Comment posted by Jim DeWitt on August 8, 2011 at 10:14 PM
An extraordinary bird... Nicely captured and exposed; I suspect the reds are easy to over-saturate. On my uncalibrated laptop monitor, there's some loss of detail in the neck. If so, I suspect you could tease some of it out in PS.
Registered on August 28, 2006, 1240 Posts, 8506 Comments
Comment posted by Rob Drummond on August 9, 2011 at 5:54 AM
Brings back many fond memories of Zim - fantastic detail Neal. I can hear him buzzing away :smile:

cheers
Rob
Registered on November 8, 2003, 617 Posts, 8267 Comments